{"id":4091,"date":"2010-03-20T16:06:10","date_gmt":"2010-03-20T22:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2010-03-20T16:06:10","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T22:06:10","slug":"talladega-daze-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/20\/talladega-daze-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Talladega Daze: Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"STEELLOGO\"Last week I went on vacation to Alabama. We have a lot of relatives there and I like to visit them whenever we can. We did a lot of things on this trip and I took a lot of pictures, so I wanted to share them with you all! On the third day we went to Birmingham, AL, and saw the big Vulcan statue and an abandoned steel mill that\u2019s supposedly haunted! WHOOOOOO!<\/p>\n

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A long time ago, Birmingham was a big steel manufacturing town. They made a solid steel statue of Vulcan, Roman god of steel stuff, and you can ride an elevator up to the top! Here are some photos of the Vulcan statue.<\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s a picture of a replica of how big his foot is. Brother Jeff is standing beside it. Check out his snazzy St. Patrick\u2019s Day T-shirt.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t look, Ethel, it\u2019s a full moon! Here\u2019s a butt shot near the top of the Vulcan statue. I bet he has buns of steel! Har har!<\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s a view of the city from atop the statue.<\/p>\n

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I have a confession to make. One of my guilty pleasures is watching ghost shows on TV. You know, the ones like Ghost Hunters where they go into creepy houses with all this special equipment and try to find ghosts? Yeah, it\u2019s cheesy, but I enjoy it anyway. But hey, I think ghosts are cool! Maybe that\u2019s why I like Pac-Man so much because there are ghosts in it.<\/p>\n

On one of these ghost shows, they toured the Sloss steel mill in Birmingham. It\u2019s shut down now, only open as a tourist attraction. But a lot of people died there back in the day, and on this TV show, they had a lot of ghost sightings and took a lot of ghost pictures! Since my family only lives about an hour away from Birmingham, I decided that next time we visit family, we\u2019d try and find the Sloss factory and see if we could tour it.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I didn\u2019t see any ghosts or take any ghost pictures there. But that\u2019s OK. Part of me would rather not see any ghosts at all! I\u2019ve never seen a ghost before anyway, and if I ever do, I hope it\u2019s a nice ghost! Anyway, here are some pictures. If you see any ghostly orbs or shadowy figures in them, let me know!<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s an old steam shovel. Where\u2019s Mike Mulligan?<\/p>\n

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On the TV show, they had a lot of pictures of this tower. They said there were sightings of ghostly figures leaning on the rails! They also said many people back then fell off of this tower, too!<\/p>\n

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I was really surprised how unsupervised this factory was. They just let you walk around and explore. We even went inside some buildings and tunnels that I\u2019m not sure we were really supposed to go into. They were pretty spooky places, but no ghosts.\u00a0 Also, I think the Sloss factory would make a great map for a FPS game!<\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s brother Jeff beside a giant wrench thing.<\/p>\n

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This dark, damp tunnel is a perfect hideout for ghosts. Or mutant ninja turtles. I\u2019m not sure why this was the only picture I took that was blurry. Maybe a ghost did it! WHOOOOO!<\/p>\n

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There are a lot of trains at this steel mill. Here\u2019s Jeff on one of them.<\/p>\n

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Every steel mill has to have water. They turned a big pool of water into a fountain and put a steel sculpture of a woman\u2019s legs in it. I thought about diving in to rescue her, but I figured she had buns of steel, too, and could take care of herself. Plus the water was too cold!<\/p>\n

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And that was my trip to Alabama! I had a lot of fun and did a lot of stuff. But my favorite part was visiting my family. I love them all dearly. Anyway, that\u2019s all for now!<\/p>\n

If you missed them, here\u2019s part 1<\/a><\/strong> and part 2<\/a><\/strong> of my trip!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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