2010 April 11, Sunday, History is fun with Grandkids

Sunday morning, I took four of my grandchildren to town. It was a beautiful spring day with flowers blooming everywhere. 
We stopped at Wilson Park, and the trees were filled with beautiful, full pink flowers. 
Water was spouting into the air while droplets were falling back into the fountain. When the wind blew, the water would fall on us. 

Wilson Park Fountain

Granddaughters near the flowering trees

Grandson at the Bank 

We walked across the street to take a picture of the Ban, built as a replica of the Forks of Cypress. My grandson posed for me as I told them about the history of the Forks of Cypress.

We walked down Mobile Street, stopping to look at the display window, The House of Heroes, a comic book store. 

The House of Heroes

We continued walking down South Court Street, stopping in front of the Courthouse.

Grandsons at Courthouse

We walked up North Court Street, stopping to take a picture of the horse sculpture.

 horse sculpture

We continued walking up North Court Street, stopping to take pictures.

Measuring the width of the tree

Stopping for a picture

Finally, we reached UNA and walked across the bridge just off Pine Street.

Crossing the bridge

The grandkids joined hands and began singing "Follow the Yellow Brick Road." 

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

We stopped to see the sculptures of Romeo and Juliet.

My grandson with Juliet 

We stopped to see the lions, UNA, and LEO.

Leo & UNA 

We walked to the entrance of UNA and then walked back to Wilson Park.

The University of North Alabama 

We loaded into the van and rode to Spring Park in Tuscumbia, where the grandkids enjoyed feeding the ducks. 

Grandkids feeding the ducks

They played on the playgrounds.

Playing on the equipment in the playgrounds

Grandsons at Stage Coach Stop 

We walked down to the waterfalls so the kids could play in the water and take a few pictures.

Grandson at the falls

Grandkids playing in the water
We walked up to the Stage Coach Stop at the top of Spring Park Hill, a historic site.e

View of Spring Park from the top of the hill. I  had a wonderful time with the grandkids. We went to Wilson & Spring Parks, we walked in downtown Florence to UNA, and back to Wilson Park.
Learning can be fun. 

We went home, and I grilled hamburgers.