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| Cooks Museum |
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| Cooks Museum |
Today we rode to Decatur to visit the Cooks Museum.
We stopped to take a few pictures outside and inside.
The first thing River saw was the very tall, scary, big brown bear, which frightened him, so we hurried past him.
The hallway was filled with school children, so we walked past them to the next area.
River didn't like the cave or the alligator. He kept saying he wanted to see the fish.
We visited the fish aquarium, which has a 15,000-gallon saltwater tank. Two scuba divers were cleaning the tank. We saw Moon Jellyfish, Coral, and Nemo.
In the forest area, River and Ava climbed inside the Big tree, and we checked out all the birds and listened to them.
They both enjoyed the Wonderful World of Bugs, where they saw bugs of every size and shape, including butterflies and roaches.
We returned to the" Looking UP," which he liked very much. He especially liked the big blue ball that encompassed the Earth's core.
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| Earth |
They both tried to pick up the meteorite, but it was too heavy for just one hand.
They both enjoyed the Foundation area, playing in the kinetic sand, creating an erupting volcano, mountains, and a flowing river. They also wanted the different rocks that they could touch.
After a couple of hours at the museum, they were ready to run and play at Delano Park.
The park was filled with children, all bursting with energy. We did not stay long because it was near lunchtime, and everyone was hungry.
We were going to OH' Bryan's in Hartselle for lunch.
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| Eating Lunch |
No one wanted the same thing to eat.
We stopped at Taco Bell for some cheese rollup and Sprite for River.
We stopped at McDonald's for a cheeseburger, nuggets, and fries with Dr. Pepper for Ava.
We stopped at OH'Bryan's for our meal. I ordered a kids' grilled chicken finger meal with sweet potato and unsweetened tea.
Hubby ordered a delmonico steak, with a sweet potato, and the salad bar.
Our last stop before heading home was Wheeler Wildlife Refuge.
We walked through the museum, looking at all the wild animals and birds you might see at the park. Then we walked to one of the outside buildings with telescopes. There, the kids saw ducks, geese, and lots of turtles.
One of the rangers said Alabama had the most freshwater turtles in the world.
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| Wheeler Wildlife Refuge |
We began our journey home near the old Paper Mill. Hubby said one of our tires was losing air pressure.
We watched the pressure steadily drop. Hubby said when it gets down to 8, I will have to stop and change the tire.
We reached the Wheeler Dam with the pressure almost to 8.
We finally arrived at the gas station, where Hubby filled the tire with air.
We made it to Killen Tire just before they closed. They plugged the tire. The technician said we had run over a huge nail.
Like in a good story, we ended up with our day of drama.
