On a typical summer Saturday afternoon as beach tourists head north towards home from Gulf Shores or Orange Beach, it’s not uncommon to see Interstate 65 traffic heading into Birmingham backed up as far south as Alabaster, Lee Sentell says. But during Memorial Day weekend, Sentell said he saw the traffic backing up several miles further south to Exit 234 at the Shelby County Airport near .
A century ago, George C. Meyer moved to the area that would become Gulf Shores and began putting together a vision for its future. He set aside public lands for future parks, schools and municipal …