Day 84 – at Ditto Landing, Huntsville, AL - September 28, 2011

We rented a car today and with John and Rita from Brandy IV took in a few sights in Huntsville.  First we went to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center where we learned about Huntsville’s remarkable leadership in space exploration.  We toured the Davidson Center for Space Exploration which contains a Saturn V rocket, restored to its Apollo era readiness and we watched an IMAX movie about the Hubble Space Telescope.  This is an amazing movie with all the footage shot by NASA astronauts – a truly outstanding movie.  We also toured the outdoor displays in Rocket Park and the full size model of the Space Shuttle.  We then went to the Huntsville Botanical Garden.  Although it is the beginning of fall and the summer flowers are mostly gone, it is still a beautiful garden.  Finally we took a tour through downtown Huntsville and stopped at Harrison Brothers Hardware, virtually unchanged since its opening in 1879.  They now sell nostalgic hardware, gifts and local crafts using the original cash register to make change. 
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an American Bitten hangs out on the docks at Ditto Landing

at the entrance of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center

the Space Shuttle model

Huntsville Botanical Garden

Huntsville Botanical Garden

a butterfly enjoying the flowers in the Huntsville Botanical Garden

Rita and Julaine relaxing in the adirondack chairs at the Botanical Garden

in the Butterfly House at the Botanical Garden

a Box Turtle in the Butterfly House at the Botanical Garden