I traveled across Wheeler Dam on Highway 101 heading toward Town Creek, but the road was out, so I turned around and traveled the road where the paper mill once stood.
I arrived at Wheeler Wildlife Refuge a little after 10:00 a.m. I used the restroom and found a seat in the front row.
I was there to see Wings to Soar rescued Birds of Prey.
I saw a couple of Owls, Gilbert, the falcon, a couple of eagles (Osceola, a 25-year-old eagle), and a pet turkey vulture named Cayce.
Casey the Black Turkey Vulture, a human-imprinted, always steals the show.
The birds of prey are sent flying out over the audience several times. If you are close enough, you can feel the wind from their wings as they fly over the audience.
The 11AM show was a packed house, and after the show, you could get your picture taken with the blue Merlin and Buddy, a fully grown Screech Owl.
I stopped at Aldi's in Athens and bought a few groceries.
1-2PM I stopped at the Library in Rogersville to listen to Mike Ezell talk about the many rivers and their tributary in Alabama.
River basins of the Tennessee River, Coosa/Tallapoosa River, Sipsey/Warrior River, Tombigbee/Mobile River, Alabama/Cahaba River, Chattahoochee River, Conecuh River, Chipola River, Yellow and Blackwater Rivers, Perdido River and Escatawpa Rivers
He also talked about the Highland Rim (where we live), the Cumberland Plateau, Piedmont Upland, and the East Gulf Coastal Plains (along the Fault line old shorelines of Alabama).
He talked about TVA, Rogersville, Dams, the weather, climate, fish, and the game of Alabama.
I got a call from my son asking if I would meet Charity and Nevada for prom pictures at Wilson Park at 3 p.m.
Traveled home, put away my groceries, and traveled into Florence, stopping at Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens to take pictures of the Pink Tulip Trees in full bloom. Our upcoming weather is predicted to be below freezing for the next week, and I knew the cold would kill all the blooms.
Made it to Wilson Park, and by this time, it was getting cold outside.
I took several pictures, said goodbye, and traveled home. Hubby was bringing me a taco pizza from Taco Bell for supper.
By this time, I had a splitting sinus headache.
Ate supper and went to bed.
It had been a long day since I had traveled to Decatur, to Athens, back home to Florence, and back home.
I left that morning before 9AM and did not arrive home until after 5PM.
