A small taste of Alabama

Our time in Alabama was basically limited to Huntsville, a town quite far north. Huntsville is the home of a NASA research facility, and has an extensive museum full of NASA artifacts. The coolest item was an actual test rocket from a mission called Saturn V. They had hung it horizontally from the ceiling. It was fully capable of launching, but not the one that was actually launched.

The rest of the museum was highly disappointing, more geared for small children who don't care what they're seeing than people actually interested in space exploration. Not that I am especially interested, but still.

The surprise of Huntsville was in town, where we walked around to see the historic homes. One of them happened to be open for a tour right as we were walking by. The caretaker was this hilarious old Southern woman who couldn't stop telling silly anecdotes about her 9 years on the job. She also told us about the Yankees using the house as army quarters during the Civil War and messing everything up, and the poor family coming back penniless at the end of the war. Poor babies, no more slaves!

Two days out of Kentucky and we can confirm that it was not just the sunlight that made Lexington beautiful. It has been bright and sunny, and the landscape has been quite dull.

Today, Mississippi....

With love from Mississippi,

Sarah