Tuesday, April 18, 2017

2017 April 18, Tuesday, Day Trip to Cullman, Alabama (Ava's First Trip with us)🍓🍓🍓

We rode past the Paper Mill in Town Creek (that is being torn down) to Highway 31 to Decatur.
Ava ate half a banana, crackers, and drank some milk before we stopped for lunch.
We stopped at Logan's Roadhouse in Decatur for lunch.
Hubby ordered a hamburger and fries. 
Ava and I shared ALASKAN cod, fried to perfection in a Samuel Adams Boston Lager batter. 
Served with crispy house-made potato chips.
Ava eating lunch
Fried Cod and chips 
Fried Cod and chips
Ava watches Kung Fu Panda, The Little Mermaid, and Dory on the TV screen in our van.
Our first stop was the Decatur Train Depot on 3rd Street.
It was covered with benches, a miniature train, a light, and a couple of cases of artifacts.
Train Depot 
We walked across the parking lot to Depot PPark here Ava enjoyed stretching her legs after the long ride.
Ava enjoying the fountain at Depot Park 
We saw, the farmer'ss market across thestreet, and wetook Ava bby the hand, which led uss to the farmer's market.
At the farmer's market, they were selling fresh homegrown strawberries.

Cullman's Farmers Market
Fresh Strawberries
We bought a gallon ofstrawberries before we knew it,  Ava waslining up on strawberries.
I had a baby wipe ready as the red juice flowed down her sweet face.
As soon as she finished one berry she,she'i she saidext to her in the back seat so I could feed her and clean her up.
Our next stop was the dollar store, where hubby bought himself a Mt. Dew and Ava a bottle of Apple Juice.
Clarkson Covered Bridge
Finally, we arrived at the Clarkson Coveridge.
We were all ready to get out of the van. 
I said,we    o ul all walk across the bridge w,o she andnd hubby walked to the cabiwithwitswimn while while I walked across the bridge.
Some kind of animal jumped out at me when I started back across the bridge.
I walked back to the cabin where Ava and hubby were looking at a green lizard.
Green Lizard
Clarkson Covered Bridge 

We walked to a smaller bridge. I  took a few pictures.
It was muggy and by the time we arrived at the van, we were all sweating.
We were relieved to feel the cool air from the air conditioner.

Clarkson Covered Bridge
This 270-foot bridge is called the  Legg Bridge
built in  1904, destroyed by a flood in 1921, and rebuilt the following year. The only remaining covered bridge is Cullman County. It was restored by the Cullman County Commission in 1975 as an American Revolution Bicentennial Project. Named to National Register of Historic Places on 6~25~74.
Alabama Historical Association 1975
Side view of Clarkson Covered Bridge 
A smaller bridge that crossed the creek 
Ava with only a few strains of strawberries on her dress 
Snowball bush at the cabin
There were signs all throughout the park 
1. What is Water Pollution? #1
2. Where does your drinking water come from? #5
3. What happens to my wastewater? #6
4. Monitoring Watershed Health #8
5. What's the Big Deal about Litter?! #9
9. Land Use and Water Quality #15

We rode past the Civil War Museum, we did not stop because we were all too hot and tired.
We came back on Highway 157 through Moulton.
We stopped at a local nursery to pick up some tomatoes and peppers.
We dropped Ava off at her house and came home.
Too tired to get off the couch.
After resting for a couple of hours, we planted our vegetables in our garden box.



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