So glad hubby and I did a little traveling today because the next few days are calling for rain.
It was cold when we left home this morning; the sun came out, and it got up in the high 50s today.
But before we got home, it was back in the low 40s.
We traveled to Montevallo to help celebrate George Washington's birthday, to eat one of the beautifully decorated cupcakes placed on a table before us, and before we left, we picked a basket of freshly grown tulips.
On our adventure, we stopped at Jack's in Athens for a drink and a cream cheese cherry pie.
We traveled I-65 through Birmingham, taking exit 238 US 31 toward Alabaster, we turned left onto US 119 County hwy 11, reaching our destination at 3727 Hwy 119 Montevallo.
Hubby parked the car, and we walked to the front entrance of the museum and paid the admission price.
The cashier told us to head to the replica of Mount Vernon to Celebrate George Washingtons' birthday for the party that began at 11 AM.
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| George Washington made his speech. |
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| George Washington stopping for a picture. |
Washington walked out onto the front porch and made a speech, and when he finished, the crowd sang Happy Birthday to President Washington.
Washington walked out into the crowd, stopping for pictures and shaking hands with people in the crowd.
We walked inside the president's Oval Office, where we saw on display pictures of several future presidents.
We visited the Randall Museum with miniature dolls about many events that happened in the US in the last 200 years.
The Randal Museum also displayed in miniature the Presidents and their wives.
We walked inside the National Chapel, which was just a few yards away from the Randal Museum.
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| US Presidents and wives |
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| The National Chapel |
The last building we toured was the Veterans Memorial building.
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| Veterans Building |
We took the trolley out to the Garden of Tulips, where we were greeted and given a basket to place our picked tulips.
We were told the soil was soft, to gently wiggle the tulip, and the bulb would release from the dirt.
There were so many different types and colors to choose from. I picked several in full bloom and several just budding.
We took the trolley back to the entrance, paid for our tulips, and began our travel home.
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| Fields of Tulips |
America Village Festival of The Tulips: You pick your own $1.50 each
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| Panda Express |
We stopped at Panda Express Decatur for dinner, where we ordered Honey Walnut shrimp, one egg roll, green beans, chicken, stirred wheat noodles with onions, celery cabbage, and three cream cheese Rangoons
