There was a lot to do in Huntsville, AL
Oh I know your thinking Huntsville, Alabama?!? Why on earth would we go there. Well one reason is my wife did spend some time there growing up. For a period of time, from about 7 to 11 years old she lived with her grandmother in Huntsville and now that her grandmother has passed she was feeling the desire to go and see some of the old places again.
I thought going to Huntsville meant days of driving around past places my wife wanted to see, eating and getting some reading done. After all I did not think there was anything else to do there. Well I was wrong, more wrong than I could have imagined. We had our hotel room at hotels Huntsville and of course there were the usual brochures in the lobby of the attractions in the area. WOW I thought, we should have done some planning, bit here we were no plan in site.
We ended up going to the US Space and Rocket Center opened in the 1970′s the museum is full of information and artifacts regarding the space programs. It was fascinating and informative. One rainy afternoon we spent exploring the Huntsville Art Museum they have a lovely collection of fine and decorative arts and beautiful grounds that would have been really nice to walk around if not for the driving rains that afternoon. Another day we spent the morning at the Weeden House Museum. This mansion was built in 1819 and now houses the paintings done by Maria Weeden. The house was occupied by the Weeden family until the 1950′s.
Surprised at the variety of things to do in Huntsville we didn’t even begin to get to see what we were interested in. We will have to come back and see the Huntsville Botanical Gardens, the Harmony Safari Park, Constitution Village, The Clay House Museum, Cathedral Caverns State Park, The Railroad Museum, Lowery House and the Veterans memorial Museum. Who knew there was going to be more in Huntsville, Al then reading and grabbing a bite to eat?
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