Well I actually fly up in the morris kimberly area at the Birmingham RC Association. If you wanted to come watch a good group of guys fly though there is actually a great field a little closer to you in Alabaster. Thier club is called alabaster RC association. Both of our clubs have a website if you do a google search. The guys there are pretty knolledgeable and could get you started out on the right foot as well.
I think there is one more club in clanton alabama called Central Alabama Sport Flyers of I-65
Here is a link to the AMA club search, just type in where you live and it will show you all the local clubs in the area
http://www.modelaircraft.org/clubsearch.aspx
David