I went to the YMCA to work out on the machines. We stopped at Aldie for Milk, eggs, and other sundries. Then on to Wal-Mart for hot sauce.
As we were leaving Walmart, I stopped at Auntie Anne's Pretzels and ordered a cup of mouth-watering cinnamon sugar bites with a frosting dip. I ate them in the van and ended up with cinnamon sugar everywhere. Yum, Yum!!!!!
We took our groceries home, and Hubby changed into his walking shoes. We stopped at the post office and then went to get our pool water checked.
We stopped near the Brown's Ferry turnoff to take a picture of the red oak tree stump saved after the April 28, 2014, EF3 Tornado that hit the Holt's home. Sitting in the Holt's front yard was the red oak stump, topped with a wood carving of her Irish setter, Charley.
The honest Charley was standing in the driveway. He gave us a friendly bark as if to say, HELLO.
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| Charley |
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| Charley |
It was after lunchtime, so we stopped in Athens, Alabama, at Burger King. Hubby ordered two one-dollar hamburgers, and I ordered a large onion ring. Toto dri,nk I orderea d large water with lemon. I wasn't very hungry because I had already filled up on the cinnamon bites.
We traveled down Highway 72 through Huntsville, over Mono Sano Mountain, and down into the valley of Hampton Cove.
We stopped atop the Scenic Gunter Mountain at the Kate Duncan Smith Daughters of the American Revolution School.
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| Kate Duncan Smit, a Daughter of the American Revolution School |
I can just imagine sitting in the classroom, looking out the window, and longing to be in the woods below.
There was an overlook where we parked to take pictures of the fields and the woods.
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| View the School down into the valley below. |
This School was built from fieldstone, cut sandstone, and pine logs in 1924.
The campus has twelve buildings built between 1924 and 1957 and includes about 240 acres.
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| Kate Duncan Smith, Daughter of the American Revolution |
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| Kate Duncan Smit, a Daughter of the American Revolution School |
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| Kate Duncan Smi, the Daughter of the American Revolution School |
Cathedral Caverns State P, located in Kennamer Cove, was our next stop.
There were a total of 10 in our group, and each person $15, except our tour guide.
The massive entrance to Cathedral Caverns is 126 feet wide and twenty-five feet high.
Inside, we saw Big Rock Canyon, Mystery River, Stalagmite Mountain, Frozen Waterfall, Goliath —a huge stalagmite column that reaches the ceiling —the shadow of Abraham Lincoln, Darth Vader's head, Hurd of elephants' butts, and many other sites.
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| Cathedral Caverns |
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| Cathedral Caverns |
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| Cathedral Caverns |
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| Cathedral Caverns |
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| Hurd of Elephants |
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| Darth Vader's head |
Our jolly, funny tour guide drove a golf cart in and out of the cave.
On the way back, my knees started to hurt. So Hubby and I jumped on board. It was a steep ride out of the cave, and we had to hold on tight to keep from being dumped off.
The walk itself was over two miles round-trip, up and down a steep, slippery walkway.
We thanked our tour guide and headed into Guntersville. We stopped at Wintzells Oyster House, where we shared a plate of delicious fried Shrimp and Oysters dipped in cocktail and tartar sauce.
We each ordered baked potatoes covered in butter, with buttered bread and hushpuppies.s
For dessert, we ordered blackberry cobbler topped with vanilla ice cream. Yum, Yum!!!!
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| Wintzells Oyster House in Guntersville, AL |
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| Wintzells Motto My Town |
We stopped in Hampton Cove to fill up with gas. Hubby took the wrong turn, and we came out of the Southside of Huntsville instead of crossing Mono Sano Mountain.
I was so sleepy on the way back, and I think I drifted off before we were home.
We were home at about nine pm.
We had a great day.
Cathedral Cavern Trip
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