Random Road Trip - Huntsville, AL

The weekend after I went to Washington, me and some friends decided to take a 'random road trip' somewhere. The two options that came to mind were Chattanooga and Huntsville. We decided to go to Huntsville because it was supposed to rain, and there were more indoor things to do there. Sunny B offered to drive her mom's car (which is a very nice full size vehicle) and we all accepted. :) We took the scenice route to Huntsville instead of the fastest way, because we were looking for adventure. This is when I discovered the beautiful rolling hills that exist just south of where we live. It was so green and the road was winding through the hills, it was perfect!

Somewhere near Fayetteville we saw a 15 passenger van for sale on the side of the road, and we had to stop. We like to tease Micah about having van lust. For some reason him and his brothers really have a thing for large vans (probably something to do with growing up in a family with 11 kids). During that time Micah was seriously thinking about buying a 15 passenger van, so we stopped and all took a good look at this van.

When we got to Huntsville we stopped at a really nice and clean Super Target which Miss Grey had been to before. For lunch we found this fun little place called Nothing But Noodles, and they had all sorts of noodle platters including Italian, and Asian. It was really yummy! We tried to find the historic district on our own and weren't very successful, but instead found a neighborhood playground that looked fun. At the playground Gabriel proceeded to freak out Sunny B and Miss Grey by climbing on top the monkey bars and walking across the top. After that I found a map on my phone for the visitor center and we got to it right before they were closing. The ladies at the visitor center were really nice and we got a lot of helpful information. Then we drove a few blocks away to the historic district which has many houses from the Civil War era and the Victorian era. It was really neat to see all the old architecture and know that it was actually standing during that explosive time of America's history. One of the ladies at the visitor center had also told us that there was a new outdoor mall nearby that had a little lake with gondola rides. Since Miss Grey loves to shop we went to check it out. The mall was somewhat smaller than I expected, but they did have gondola and pedal-boat rides. While Micah and Miss Grey took a boat ride, Gabriel visited the Apple store and Sunny B and I sat watching the kids play in the large fountain/water park. Before we left the shopping center we visited Barnes and Noble, and they witnessed my weakness for nicely bound journals. On the way back to the car us girls witnessed a staged slow-motion martial arts fight between Micah and Gabriel on the lawn. We finished the trip off by splitting pizzas for dinner. On the way home Gabriel got into a discussion about politics with Sunny B, and ended up calling her a socialist. Now everytime they see each other they tend to get into long conversations about politics. We had a full and fun day, and decided that we definitely needed to do another 'random' road trip together.