Alabama has a few outdoorsy gift ideas of its own
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Posted Dec 14, 2020
Turns out you can get gift cards to Alabama State Parks. Who knew? (Shown: A Christmas display at Wonderland Under Warrior at Rickwood Caverns State Park.) (Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com).Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com
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If you’re under the gun to find a gift for an outdoor enthusiast and the gift guides you’ve seen haven’t quite hit the mark, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has a few last-minute ideas.
A recent post at OutdoorAlabama.com does include a little bit of self-dealing, with suggestions such as Alabama State Parks gift cards and lifetime hunting or fishing licenses. (The licenses are kind of a big-ticket item, ranging from $178.75 up to nearly $1,500.)
In the continuing pandemic when all stages are shuttered, the only refuge we have as theatergoers is to watch the computer screen.
At best, theaters are attempting to employ their actors and stagehands and provide us with much needed diversion. Unfortunately they haven t as yet conquered that dreaded Hollywood Squares look which has plagued us all with actors emoting in their own tiny little boxes. This might bring us close to them, certainly a lot closer than in the tenth row, but it seems to enforce their own separateness. They re acting alone, usually in their own home, interacting with their fellow players who may very well be miles away in their own house. It s a very disjointed experience for them and for us. But it s all we have for the foreseeable future.