Today, we took Ava to see UNA's mascot, LEO, but he was sleeping.
Leo is getting old, and since his mate died, he has not been as active.
I took her around the campus, showing her the Smith Bell Tower, the president's home. "Wesleyan Hall, constructed in 1856, is one of the oldest structures on the University of North Alabama campus." The building looks like a castle.
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| Wesleyan Hall (Castle Building) |
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| Smith Bell Tower |
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| Lion Cubs |
The campus fountain was turned off because of a leak.
We next stopped at Pope's Tavern, where Ava learned about how the tavern was used as a hospital during the Civil War. Early cooking tools, furniture from the Forks of Cypress, and Civil War artifacts.
Ava asks the curator several questions about the articles in the museum.
We also visited the building that held information about the processing of cotton.
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| Cotton Balls |
Our next stop was the Indian Mound.
She and I both walked to the top of the mound. Lots of steps!
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| 43 feet Earthen Mound was built about 500 BCE. |
Inside the museum, Ava learned about the timeline of the Native Americans during the Paleo-Indian Period, the Archaic Period, the Woodland Period, and the Mississippian and Historic Periods.
We saw arrowheads and many American Indian artifacts.
On the way home, we stopped at McDonalds to get Ava a kid's chicken nugget meal.
We stopped at Smokin Jalapeño for tacos.
We took our food home to eat.
