FOLEY, Ala. — The "Miss Foley" is one of the few shrimp boats in these parts to travel to landlocked places such as the state of Oklahoma. Now, the 25-foot working shrimp boat is headed inland once again, this time to Montgomery to meet and greet folk from Winchester, Tenn., the sister-city with whom Foley is pairing for the 7th Annual Heritage Harbor Days Celebration.

Heritage Harbor Days takes place in downtown Foley on Nov. 2-4, and the "Miss Foley," the event's icon, sponsored by Hotel Magnolia, will be in tow as a "Whistle Stop" delegation heads to the State Capitol to welcome the people from Winchester.

Mayor John Koniar will give the official welcome to the Tennesseans and, from that point, a number of Whistle Stops will be made as the "Miss Foley" and her crew and entourage wind their way back home for the three-day celebration.

The exchange at the State Capitol will include Tennessee walking horses, Foley Police Department's mounted patrol, Davy Crockett and the venerable captain of "Miss Foley," Donnie Parker.

Whistle Stops are scheduled for W.O. Parmer Elementary School and Ft. Dale Academy in Greenville, where 1,200 children will have a chance to see the shrimp boat and Tennessee walking horses.

The Greenville Public Library, Greenville Main Street group, and Chamber of Commerce will host the Whistle Stop delegation for lunch. From there it's on to the Hank Williams Museum in Georgiana for a reception, and, lastly, back to Baldwin County for dinner on Hammock Creek at the home of Jill Crawford McGuire.

Over the past several years, the "Miss Foley" has received local, regional and national media coverage as it has crisscrossed the country promoting Foley and Alabama.

This year the Foley Convention and Visitors Bureau is partnering with Hotel Magnolia during Heritage Harbor Days. During the three-day festival "Miss Foley" will be showcased along with bait stores, docks and an official "liar's corner" with Captain Parker and deckhand Butch Bledsoe dispensing fish stories and your favorite catch.

Art, food, music and plenty of fun can be had, along with demonstrations of life along the Alabama Gulf Coast.