Goin’ South – Part 7 – More Muscle Shoals

We met at Julia and Bruce’s Blackberry Homestead for a delicious breakfast made by Julia, featuring some berries grown in their garden. After breakfast, the four off us were off once again. Bruce and Julia were going to show us the sights of Muscle Shoals. As I mentioned earlier, Muscle Shoals is a very musical town Goin’ South – Part 6 – Muscle Shoals, Musical Magic. There are musical influences all around.

We passed this musical tribute on the way to Blackberry Homestead. We had no idea that this statue is one of three until Bruce and Julia started taking us all around.

We started our tour of Muscle Shoals by walking around the river and the dam, by the falls. It was so beautiful with so many birds to see.

There were loads of Cormorants, Pelicans and Blue Herons.

And quite a few cardinals too.

From the dam and falls, we went to the old railroad bridge. That was just as beautiful.

We saw more herons and a few osprey.

I caught this one in her nest.

Another osprey flying to another nest.

Walking back, I spotted a friendly little chipmunk who was posing for pictures.

And our tour of Muscle Shoals continued. We saw the other two musical statues. There was supposed to be a fourth one too, but there was a big scandal and the money disappeared before it was made.

Our next stops were the marina district and visitor’s center, right next to each other. Bruce and Julia graciously allowed me to indulge in my photo breaks too. They both know their plants and trees, and named them off for me. Julia told me the name of this beautiful flowering tree is a crepe myrtle.

The visitor’s center and park. The guide was a lovely lady who really knew her stuff. She told us about all kinds of things and was very helpful.

After learning a lot of new things from the visitor’s center, we strolled down around the marina, that was just across the street.

I love all the nautical flags. They remind me of my daddy.

We saw more Herons too.

It was now about 2:00 PM, and we all really wanted to dine at the revolving restaurant. We went in between lunch and dinner on purpose, for a couple of reasons, but mainly because we weren’t dressed or prepared for a more formal meal at dinner and thought a late lunch was best. I will continue our tour of Muscle Shoal after our lunch break, and will focus on Sphere 360* next.

Stay tuned. I have lots more to share. 🙂

Have a great day and make everyday great. And they are even better when shared with good friends. ‘Til next time.

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I have worked in the restaurant and catering industry for over 35 years. I attended 2 culinary schools in Southern California, and have a degree in culinary arts from the Southern California School of Culinary Arts, as well as a few other degrees in other areas. I love to cook and I love to feed people.

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    1. Yes, it was AWESOME! We watched the Muscle Shoals documentary again last night. This time the experience was so much better because now we had been there and new all about it and where it was. We could sway “‘we’ve been there. I know what studio that is”.

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  8. This was a wonderful display of the photos and words to describe your visit, Jeanne! I have been to and through parts of Alabama and Muscle Shoals, but this makes me want to schedule a serious visit! It has been fun reading about the visit through your eyes, and I must say, Larry has a great way to do a selfie getting everyone in perspective. Not a single person lost a body part with this method. I need to remember it!

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