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10 Weekend Getaways Within Driving Distance Of Tuscaloosa

Not that you would ever want to leave Tuscaloosa, but if all your friends are traveling home for the long weekend or you're trapped in a town with nothing to do, here are a few luxury options that you could drive to for a long weekend away.

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Disney World, a destination within driving distance of Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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The possibilities are endless when you live in such a great central location like Tuscaloosa, but we'll give you a few ideas if you don't have any plans to go away yet.

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The Five Stages Of Grief When Your AC Dies (Done)

As Thomas Paine once wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls."

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The Five Stages Of Grief When Your AC Dies (Done)

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This past weekend, most of the southern United States was hit with a horrible heatwave. Everywhere you went felt like hell, and the air was so humid it was as if you could cut it with a knife. This kind of weather sucks, but at least most of us can escape into our wonderful air-conditioned homes… but what happens when your last line of defense dies? I wondered that as I sat there hearing the news from my dad.

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The Gemini Sign: Explained

Gemini season is in full swing! Do you know a Gemini? Read to discover more about the Gemini sign and what makes them tick!

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I'll start you all off with some facts.

Gemini Facts

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I hope you never feel so strongly to wish someone dead; only inconvenienced.

1. Stub your toe on your favorite piece of furniture

2. Miss a spot while shaving

3. Have your contact dry out

4. Have toenails that grow too fast and have to clip them every day

5. Have eyeliner that is never straight

6. Always buy the clumpiest mascara

7. Suffer from severe split ends

8. Always receive "hot" coffee cold

9. Receive overcooked food at your favorite restaurant

10. Have to get braces for the second time

11. Buy cracked eggs

12. Have a pet that eats your bra

13. Get a bad haircut

14. Still have acne after the age of twenty

15. Have bad Wi-Fi that goes out when you're trying to submit a paper

16. Spill dark liquids on white clothes

17. Have bad gas on a first date

18. Get put on at least a 20-minute wait for a table

19. Can't get the right shoe size

20. Whites turn pink in the wash

21. Run out of conditioner but always have too much shampoo

22. Get thirty-second YouTube ads

23. Forget to cancel your free trial

24. Hit only red lights when you're late for work

25. Forget the punchline to your joke

26. Only hear "you had to be there" stories

27. Forget your pizza in the oven

28. Leave your phone across the room when you just sat down

29. Break a nail

30. Lose the TV remote

31. Have Netflix constantly buffer

32. Can't get spinach out of your teeth

33. Have to work on your birthday

34. Have a fly in your car

35. Lose your room key

36. Say hi when your friends aren't looking and don't get recognized

37. Get brought the wrong food

38. Run into your parents at a bar

39. Have your flipflop break

40. Forget your sunglasses

41. Kill your succulent

42. Get caught in the rain without an umbrella

43. Forget to charge your phone

44. Have an awkward conversation in stores with acquaintances

45. Fill your eyebrows in too dark

46. Don't have continental breakfast at your hotel

47. Have to cough during prayer in church

48. Call your significant other the wrong name

49. Watch your favorite sports team lose

50. Go over your data—because of your sibling

51. Leave your car windows down in the rain

As crazy as they may sound, these are all actual crimes people have committed.

1. A couple discovered a burglar in their house after the burglar laughed at the husband's joke.

2. A man high on bath salts breaks into a house and puts up Christmas decorations.

3. A man reports thieves stole his cannabis plant and gets himself arrested.

4. A man's flatulence gets him charged with battery.

5. A lawyer gets pizzas and other fast food items delivered to his office after a stranger places the orders.

6. A woman beats her boyfriend because he "finished" before her.

7. A man breaks into Pizza Hut and fries wings.

8. A son robs his mom because he thought he could only be charged with burglary if done at night.

9. A man eats his own underwear hoping to beat a breathalyzer test.

10. A woman tries to trade an Olive Garden salad for drugs.

11. A Romanian Parliament member tries to bribe people with fried chicken.

12. A man pawns stolen jewelry at a store managed by the woman he robbed.

Seriously. You need to read these quotes.

Setting The Bar

Time For Dessert

No Going Back

Never Give Up

Animal Analogy

Never Settle

Weight in Gold

3 Easy Steps

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Not that you would ever want to leave Tuscaloosa, but if all your friends are traveling home for the long weekend or you're trapped in a town with nothing to do, here are a few luxury options that you could drive to for a long weekend away.

1. Nashville, TN- 3.5 hours

2. Orlando, FL- 8.5 hours

4. Destin, FL- 4.5 hours