I went to the YMCA to work out on the machines. We stopped at Aldi for Milk, eggs, and other sundries. Then we went to Walmart for hot sauce.
As we were leaving Walmart, I stopped at Auntie Anne's Pretzels and ordered a cup of mouth-watering cinnamon sugar bites with a frosting dip. I ate them in the van and ended up with cinnamon sugar all over me. Yum, Yum!!!!!
We took our groceries home, and Hubby changed into his walking shoes. We stopped at the post office and then went to get our pool water checked.
We stopped near the Brown's Ferry turnoff to take a picture of the red oak tree stump saved after the April 28, 2014, EF3 Tornado that hit the Holts' home. The red oak stump sat in the Holts' front yard, topped with a wood carving of her Irish setter, Charley.
Charley was standing in the driveway. He gave us a friendly bark as if to say, HELLO.
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| Charley |
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| Charley |
It was after lunchtime, so we stopped in Athens, Alabama, at Burger King. Hubby ordered two one-dollar hamburgers, and I ordered a large onion ring. For a drink, I ordered a large water with lemon. I wasn't very hungry because I had already filled up on the cinnamon bites.
We traveled down Highway 72 through Huntsville, over Mono Sano Mountain, and down into the valley of Hampton Cove.
We stopped atop the Scenic Gunter Mountain at the Kate Duncan Smith Daughters of the American Revolution School.
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| Kate Duncan Smith, a Daughter of the American Revolution School |
I can just imagine sitting in the classroom, looking out the window, and longing to be in the woods below.
We parked at an overlook to take pictures of the fields and the woods.
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| View the School down into the valley below. |
This School was built from fieldstone, cut sandstone, and pine logs in 1924.
The campus has twelve buildings built between 1924 and 1957 and includes about 240 acres.
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| Kate Duncan Smith, Daughter of the American Revolution |
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| Kate Duncan Smith, a Daughter of the American Revolution School |
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| Kate Duncan Smith, the Daughter of the American Revolution School |
Cathedral Caverns State P, located in Kennamer Cove, was our next stop.
Our group had 10 people, and each person paid $15, except our tour guide.
The massive entrance to Cathedral Caverns is 126 feet wide and twenty-five feet high.
Inside, we saw Big Rock Canyon, Mystery River, Stalagmite Mountain, Frozen Waterfall, Goliath—a huge stalagmite column that reaches the ceiling—the shadow of Abraham Lincoln, Darth Vader's head, a herd of elephants' butts, and many other sites.
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| Cathedral Caverns |
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| Cathedral Caverns |
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| Cathedral Caverns |
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| Cathedral Caverns |
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| Herd of Elephants |
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| Darth Vader's head |
Our jolly, funny tour guide drove a golf cart in and out of the cave.
On the way back, my knees started to hurt. So Hubby and I jumped on board. It was a steep ride out of the cave, and we had to hold on tight so we wouldn't get dumped off.
The walk itself was over two miles round-trip, up and down a steep, slippery walkway.
We thanked our tour guide and headed into Guntersville. We stopped at Wintzell's Oyster House, where we shared a plate of delicious fried Shrimp and Oysters dipped in cocktail and tartar sauce.
We each ordered baked potatoes covered in butter, with buttered bread and hushpuppies.s
For dessert, we ordered blackberry cobbler topped with vanilla ice cream. Yum, Yum!!!!
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| Wintzells Oyster House in Guntersville, AL |
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| Wintzells Motto My Town |
We stopped in Hampton Cove to fill up with gas. Hubby took the wrong turn, and we came out of Huntsville on the Southside instead of crossing Mono Sano Mountain.
I was so sleepy on the way back, and I think I drifted off before we were home.
We got home around nine pm.
We had a great day.
