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Polar Express Christmas Tree in Madison A Christmas Story |
Merry Christmas Welcome to Alabama |
The Enchanted Forest Christmas Tree |
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Polar Express Christmas Tree in Madison A Christmas Story |
Merry Christmas Welcome to Alabama |
The Enchanted Forest Christmas Tree |
We started the tour at the Roundhouse near the railroad tracks. Before Mr. Clark began his speech a train roared passed. |
A War Memorial displayed in Madison's Park |
We walked across the railroad tracks and began our tour of Historic downtown Madison.
A little history about Madison:
The town began about 1856 when tracks were laid by Memphis and Charleston Railroad. In 1858 Judge Clemons planned the town's lots fronting the railroad.
One of the first businesses was a Grist Mill Mill operated by J.J. Akers, S.D. Doolittle opened a Blacksmith Shop, and other merchants included Walter and Thomas Hopkins and James Bib
Humphrey and Hughes Drug Co. The Rexall Store |
Historic Madison homes and stores that we saw:
The History of Madison
Madison Station Hertzler Vaughn 1905
Madison Station Apperson Brown ca 1900
Madison Station Cain Steadman ca 1880
Madison Station Farley Thorton Goodson 1911
Madison Station Clay Sensenberger 1853
Madison Station Shelton Balch 1928
Madison Station Pride Drake 1910
Madison Station Thomas Vaughn ca 1910
Madison Station Burton Balch Willis 1885 |
Madison Station Farley Sturdivant 1910
Madison Station Gillespie McDermott 1897 |
Madison Station Riddle W. Hughes Sampieri 1920
Madison Station Riddle C.P. Hughes 1910
Madison Station Sullivan Wellborn 1889
The Methodist Church |
War Memorials
Colonel Cecil Hamilton Bolton LT US ARMY
Leo K Thorsness COL US AIR FORCE
Paul L. Bolden SSG US ARMY
CITY OF MADISON WALL OF HEROES
Madison Roundhouse
Storefront 16 Main (Yellow House)
Humphrey Bros. was Built by D.S. Brandon
Robert P. Cain Mercantile
Humphrey-Hughes Drug Co Store
The Rexall Store
Established 1869 City of Madison
J.H. Cain General Merchandise
We learned about Buttermilk Alley Buttermilk Alley is a narrow lane running between Front and Arnett streets. Circa 1900, the alley gave a safe haven for sweethearts to take a walk at dusk and hold hands. Mrs. Katie, an African-American woman who worked for Dr. Kyser on Front Street, sat on her porch and kept a watchful eye on the youth’s safety.
Longtime residents also credit Buttermilk Alley’s name to food handouts from Front Street residents to hungry hobos riding on the train.
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Buttermilk Aly |
Madison is a historic small town rich in history and now growing in leaps and bounds.
Sunday we stopped in Decatur to walk thru the Enchanted Forest in Founders Park which is a tinsel stroll supporting Leukemia and Lymphoma.
We stopped in Madison for their Polar Express Christmas on Main Street where their Christmas trees were displayed.
We stopped at RSA to take coworkers' Christmas Present Presents.
We rode to South Huntsville to Christmas on the River at Ditto Landing. There we strolled along the Tennessee River Greenway looking at 4 x 8 plywood custom-designed Christmas cards.
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Grinchmas |
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It's Not what's under the Christmas Tree that matters. It's who's around it. |
We stopped at every card to get a picture and before we returned it began to sprinkle.
We rode to Huntsville's Big Spring Park to walk through the Big Spring Park Tinsel Trail.
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Big Spring Park Tinsel Trail. |
We were afraid of getting wet but the rain had stopped.
Next, we rode to Toyota Field to see The North Pole Rocket City Christmas Light Show and Winter Wonderland.
Which are a mile and half maze of bright dancing and twinkling lights. We tuned our radio to 95.5 to listen to Christmas music.
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The North Pole Rocket City Christmas Light Show |
After the drive, we stopped at Toyota Field and walked through Winter Wonder Land stopping for pictures with Santa, Trash Panda, and Frosty.
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Picture with Frosty |
We had not eaten since breakfast and were not sure what we wanted. We were tired and didn't want to go into a restaurant and wait so we decided to stop at Krystal. Believe it or not, their food was good or we were very hungry.
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A picture with Trash Panda |
I ordered a double cheese Krystal and strawberry Milkshake.
It was late when we arrived home and we both were tired from the long day. Put my cameras away for another day to download and went to bed.
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North Pole Stroll Athens, Alabama |
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Mallards, White Ducks, and goldfish greeted me as I approached the pond at Big Springs. |
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Grinch Pancakes |
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fish, shrimp, fries, toast |
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Thank You for Visiting Christmas Card Lane |
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Magical Christmas Tree Trail Madison, Alabama Different sponsors of Madison decorate a tree and the trees are located on both sides of the Main Street Cafe. |
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View of Decatur from the bridge where the traffic was backed up |
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Enchanted Forest Christmas Tree Stroll in Founders Park, Decatur |
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Sunset |
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Total Lunar Tetrad eclipse April 4, 2015 |
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Total Lunar Tetrad eclipse April 4, 2015 |
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Total Lunar Tetrad eclipse April 4, 2015 |
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Total Lunar Tetrad eclipse April 4, 2015 |
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Malayan tiger In the wild, Malayan tigers dedicate a lot of their time to hunting and can eat over 60 pounds of meat in one sitting |
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North American Black Bear |
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Lora rented a double stroller for Meadow |
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Marcus, Madison, Meadow, and Lora at the Zoo |
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Marcus the face of the Giraffe |
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Meadow, Marcus, and Lora rode the Carousel |
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Madison feeding the giraffe |
Saturday, we had to be in Scottsboro by 7AM about a 2-hour drive. Loaded onto the bus. I think there were 30 of us including the driver. W...