Hubby and I rode to Decatur, where we visited the newly opened Cooks Museum of Natural History.
There, we walked through exhibits featuring a cave, forest, Arctic, and desert environments.
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| Cooks Museum of Natural History |
We saw live turtles, saltwater fish, live coral, moon jellyfish, river fish, gopher snakes, American bullfrog, American Alligator, and a variety of insects.
We saw a live beehive with thousands of bees that were connected to the outside, where the bees could collect pollen for the hive.
A meteorite from outer space, a digital seashell generator, a kinetic sand table, and a tree with a rope bridge to climb were just a few of the inter-actives at the museum.
Cooks Museum is a place where you can touch, feel, see, and hear different species of animals, reptiles, birds, insects, and fish.
It is an excellent destination for school groups to visit.
We had a great time.
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| Bee Hive |
We were greeted by a well-informed curator at the Decatur Train Museum.
He told us some of the museum's history.
We saw an engineer running a miniature train around the tracks, along its path, which was a replica of notable buildings of Decatur.
We saw the Prince's Theater, the Old Bank building, the Turner-Surles Community Resources Center, the Train Depot, and the Dance-Polk House.
We saw a Coca-Cola engine, an Army Supply Train, an Orange caboose, a CSX Engine, a C&X, a K Line, a Seaco, an ADM Box Car, etc.
Signs along the walls that read Southern Railway "The Southern SerRailroadouth," Railroad Crossing, & Will not clear man or side of the car.
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| Decatur Train Depot Museum |
We saw the early Memphis Railroad in 1Railroadh steam engines and carriages. We saw an early telephone hanging on the wall, the early Western Union Telegram, maps of early Alabama, and an old Underwood Typewriter.
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| On display inside was a Red 1941 Chevrolet 1 2-ton pickup truck |
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| On display inside was a Green and Yellow John Deere model “LA” general-purpose tractor |
We shopped at the new Duluth Company Trading Post( located near Intergraph in Huntsville), which had men's and women's clothing.
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| We ate a late lunch/dinner at Golden Corral. I always overeat at buffets. |
We purchased an HP OfficeJet 9015 Printer and ink at Office Depot in Huntsville. My old HP had died.
The car was loaded with two cases of water we had bought at Sam's the day before.
We bought vegetables (cucumbers, tomatoes, squash) from a local grower on our way to Decatur.
We bought a few groceries from Oldies in Athens.
We purchased some baking soda at CE Pool, where we had our pool water tested.
We purchased some baking soda at CE Pool, where we had our pool water tested.
So, the car was loaded with items to be put away.
I had taken several pictures but was too tired to upload them to the computer. I will do that another day.
Ready for some couch time!
