First thing in the morning at the Alabama Welcome Center with my 50 states 50 days travel partner Haley. We waited untill sunrise to get the photo... night photo's don't turn out so well. I took my first welcome to Alabama photo at night in 1991.

Flag		Seal
Website : www.alabama.gov
Capital : Montgomery
Highest point : Cheha Mountain, 2,405 feet
Area : 52,423 square miles, 30th largest state
Population : 4,447,100 (2000 US census)
Motto : Audemus jua nostra defendere - We dare defend our rights.
Admitted to Union : December 14, 1819
State Song : "Alabama"
State Bird : Yellowhammer
State Flower : Camellia
State Tree : Southern longleaf pine