Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Birmingham Trip, Day 2

Lunker Lake, Pelham, Alabama
Lunker Lake, Oak Mountain State Park, Pelham, Alabama
(click on the image to enlarge it.)


The Marina at Oak Mountain ParkIn the morning we drove to Oak Mountain State Park. It's just a few miles south of Birmingham's city center. A winding road goes right through the middle of the park and on an off-season Wednesday morning we had the whole place to ourselves. The trees were beginning to show some signs of fall foliage and I expect that in early November there's lots of color.

Sign: Niki's WestFor lunch we followed the advice of a local blogger known as Ginger. Her blog, Deep Fried Kudzu is (mostly) about southern food. She helped guide us to where to eat in Birmingham.

And so we went to Niki's West Steak And Seafood Restaurant. The food was wonderful, meat-and-three, but when we saw the size of the side dishes we had to go for meat-and-two. We loved the food and we loved the sign in the window.

Window sign: Niki's West, Birmingham, Alabama
Sign in Niki's Window

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