{"id":12083,"date":"2010-07-08T11:12:55","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T17:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=12083"},"modified":"2010-07-08T12:28:29","modified_gmt":"2010-07-08T18:28:29","slug":"canadians-invade-alabama-where-should-alexandluke-visit-in-huntsville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/2010\/07\/canadians-invade-alabama-where-should-alexandluke-visit-in-huntsville\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadians Invade Alabama! Where Should @AlexandLuke Visit in Huntsville?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This will be quick.<\/p>\n<p>Al.Com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MCuthbert\" class=\"external external_icon\">@MCuthbert<\/a> informed:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/alexandluke.com\/alabama\" class=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/catsup-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Please don&#039;t sue. we needed a quick pic of you two. \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-12087\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAlexandra Sabine and Luke Vigeant are two Canadian travelers engaged in a massive social media experiment.  <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.al.com\/living\/2010\/07\/alex_and_luke_visit_alabama.html\" class=\"external external_icon\">They&#8217;re on a quest to visit every state in the U.S. and every province in Canada<\/a>.  And they&#8217;re doing it all based on recommendations from people on the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Together, they are Alex and Luke, and through their blog, Twitter feed, Facebook page, Gowalla check-ins, and YouTube videos, they solicit suggestions on what city to visit next &#8212; and also what to see, where to eat, and where to stay while there.  Basically, they&#8217;re living their lives through crowd-sourcing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then he suggested:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"> <!-- http:\/\/twitter.com\/MCuthbert\/statuses\/18044325633 --> <\/p>\n<style type='text\/css'>.bbpBox18044325633 {background:url(http:\/\/s.twimg.com\/a\/1278021155\/images\/themes\/theme1\/bg.png) #9ae4e8;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block}<\/style>\n<div class='bbpBox18044325633'>\n<p class='bbpTweet'>@<a class=\"tweet-url username external external_icon\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/groonk\" rel=\"nofollow\">groonk<\/a> Tell @<a class=\"tweet-url username external external_icon\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alexandluke\" rel=\"nofollow\">alexandluke<\/a> where to go while they&#8217;re in your city today! <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/aFBAu5\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external external_icon\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/aFBAu5<\/a><span class='timestamp'><a title='Thu Jul 08 15:57:16 +0000 2010' href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/MCuthbert\/statuses\/18044325633' class=\"external external_icon\">less than a minute ago<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seesmic.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external external_icon\">Seesmic<\/a><\/span><span class='metadata'><span class='author'><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/MCuthbert' class=\"external\"><img src='http:\/\/a1.twimg.com\/profile_images\/87021518\/mcuthbert-twitter_normal.jpg' \/><\/a><strong><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/MCuthbert' class=\"external external_icon\">Matt Cuthbert<\/a><\/strong><br \/>MCuthbert<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- end of tweet --><\/div>\n<p>They&#8217;re in Huntsville <a href=\"http:\/\/alexandluke.com\/alabama\" class=\"external external_icon\">today<\/a>. But these places have already been suggested.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After Birmingham, they&#8217;re heading up to Huntsville, where they may see the U.S. Space &#038; Rocket Center, Big Spring Park, Harrison Brothers Hardware, Maple Hill Cemetery, or Monte Sano Mountain.  Along they way, suggestions could take them to Rickwood Caverns in Warrior, Alabama or Ave Maria Grotto in Cullman.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So here&#8217;s our list of Huntsville visits:<\/p>\n<p><strong>US Space and Rocket Center. <\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacecamp.com\/museum\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">http:\/\/www.spacecamp.com\/museum\/<\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s already been suggested but we must reiterate. Walking around inside with the Rocket in a Box(authentic Saturn V rocket) might be preferable to running about in the Alabama heat. Also, the Space Center is hosting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Star Wars Experience<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacecamp.com\/landing\/starwars\/?q=starwars\" class=\"external external_icon\">http:\/\/www.spacecamp.com\/landing\/starwars\/?q=starwars<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Where Science Meets Imagination,&#8221; is the catch phrase. We experienced the museum of a galaxy, far, far away on July 4th(Groonkly Bits on that later). It&#8217;s only in town for the summer. So it&#8217;d be foolish to miss it. We suggest the augmented reality games and the Millenium falcon movie(even though its an extra $5).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beauregard&#8217;s<\/strong> : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eatbeauregards.com\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">http:\/\/www.eatbeauregards.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nIf you like wings. If you want wings. If you need wings. There&#8217;s no place like it. We suggest the Jordan Lane location. Soak in the ambiance. If you&#8217;d rather have a burger, they got that, too. be sure to ask about the habanero sauce. <\/p>\n<p>heh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cricket&#8217;s<\/strong> : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/r\/168\/968931\/restaurant\/Huntsville\/Crickets-Madison\" class=\"external external_icon\">http:\/\/www.urbanspoon.com\/r\/168\/968931\/restaurant\/Huntsville\/Crickets-Madison<\/a><br \/>\nAlso a wing&#8217;s place. Also very good. it&#8217;s out in Madison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soul Burger<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=11315\">http:\/\/www.groonk.net\/blog\/?p=11315<\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a burger joint in a gym. How do you not visit?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Three Caves Quarry<\/strong> : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uer.ca\/locations\/show.asp?locid=21021\" class=\"external external_icon\">http:\/\/www.uer.ca\/locations\/show.asp?locid=21021<\/a><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s hot out there, kids. But if you don&#8217;t mind walking to it, the caves should be cooler once inside.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re coming up blank for other things to do.<\/p>\n<p>Huntsvillians, please share your recommendations in our comments or Alex and Luke&#8217;s web houses.<br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alexandluke\" class=\"external external_icon\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/alexandluke<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alexandlukedotcom\" class=\"external external_icon\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alexandlukedotcom<\/a><br \/>\nMain Site: <a href=\"http:\/\/alexandluke.com\/\" class=\"external external_icon\">http:\/\/alexandluke.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"border:0px; padding:0px;\">\n<tr>\n<td><font style=\"font-size:13px; font-family:Verdana; font-weight:bold; font-color:#293546\">Alex and Luke visit Alabama<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><object width=\"470.0\" height=\"402.0\" align=\"middle\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/fpdownload.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0\" id=\"movie1278601972350\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"\/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/tribeca.vidavee.com\/advance\/vidavee\/playerv3\/vFlasher_debug.swf\/p19=movie1278601972350&#038;d=43BA36B8E1F23EC33C78EA43B8D72536&#038;\"\/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"\/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"470.0\" height=\"402.0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" quality=\"high\" name=\"movie1278601972350\" src=\"http:\/\/tribeca.vidavee.com\/advance\/vidavee\/playerv3\/vFlasher_debug.swf\/p19=movie1278601972350&#038;d=43BA36B8E1F23EC33C78EA43B8D72536&#038;\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.al.com\/living\/2010\/07\/alex_and_luke_visit_alabama.html\" class=\"external external_icon\">matthew cuthbert, al.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This will be quick. 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