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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. |
Hubby ordered fried Fish, shrimp, fries, toast, and a stack of 3 buttermilk pancakes.
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| Grinch Pancakes |
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| fish, shrimp, fries, toast |
Hubby drove us through the larger-than-life Christmas Card Lane that is showcased in front of some of the historic homes in Madison along Front and Chruch Streets.
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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. |
We rode to Wheeler Wildlife Refuge in Decatur via I-65 workers working on the bridge over the Tennessee River traffic backup.
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| View of Decatur from the bridge where the traffic was backed up |
We walked down to the overlook to see the Cranes and ducks. Not as many sandhills and Whooping cranes as last year.
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| We saw thousands of Sandhill Cranes but only one White Whooping Crane The Whooping Crane at 5 feet tall, is the tallest bird in North America and one of the most endangered. they are named for their whooping unison calls. |
Our last stop was Founders Park in front of Old Historic Bank to tour the Enchanted Forest Christmas Tree Stroll.
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| Enchanted Forest Christmas Tree Stroll in Founders Park, Decatur |
By the time we arrived home, it was dark. Hubby stopped at McDonald's for a hamburger, fries, apple pie, and Ice Cream. I ate a piece of the fish he had left over from lunch.
Uploaded some of my pictures after I arrived home.
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| Sunset |
