In June, the kids and I took a quick weekend jaunt to Birmingham.
First up: a tour of the Golden Flake potato chip factory. It was very interesting to see the assembly line, and we had no problem gobbling up several bags of dill pickle chips!
Overnight stay and some tandem bike rides with Pappy and Mema. Then off to Tuscumbia…
…via Cullman, and a visit with the Siegenthaler cousins. Oops, forgot to take their picture, but did photograph some of their cute new kittens. “Can’t we take one with us???”
Another hour on the road, then a little picnic supper on the lawn outside Ivy Green, home of Helen Keller.
And finally, the outdoor drama “The Miracle Worker,” reenacting the amazing story of Annie Sullivan and her work with Helen. In the snapshot below, you can see the actual pump where the famed “w-a-t-e-r” hand-spelling episode occurred.
A fun getaway—and it counted as a school day, too!
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