Today we rode into town to pick up hubby's medicine at Walgreens.
We rode to the Blue The Blue Door Thrift Store/SCOPE 310 and bought AVA a game.
Ate lunch at Culverts.
Hubby and I split a plate of shrimp, fries, cole Slaw, and Chocolate moose yogurt.
We bought an AVA hamburger, fries, and chocolate yogurt.
We stopped at the nearby Walmart for a few items. Ava and I walked across the street to the Coffee & Slave Cemeteries.
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A large old tree at Coffee Cemetery |
Ava wanted to visit a museum so we rode to the Kennedy-Douglass Art Center. There we saw AROY Artistic Rendering of Youth which features artwork created by 7th through 12th grade students from 15 different schools! Outside we stopped to take pictures of the statues.
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AVA and the outdoor art |
We walked across the street to Wilson Park there the mist from the fountain seemed to reach the clouds.
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overflowing Fountain at Wilson Park |
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Color is the music of light Frank Lloyd Wright (this marker is on the sidewalk at Wilson Park) |
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We watched a barge go up the Tennessee River men fishing |
Ava enjoyed the playground area at McFarland Park. Our last stop was the Visitor Center where they saw several displays.
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Large and small-mouth bass Bass fishing & tournaments are big in the Tennessee River in Florence Ava enjoyed the one with the big and small-mouth fish. |
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WC Handy Statue in Wilson Park WC Handy Father of the Blues 1873- 1958 Born in Florence, Alabama |
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Display of WC Handy's music at Florence-Lauderdale Visitor Center. Handy played the Cornet (pictured here) Handy's first hit was "The Memphis Blues". |