Huntsville
We were headed for Huntsville to see our friends Todd and Diana who work for the Army at the Redstone Arsenal post there ... actually now just Todd as Diana just retired. We tried to get onto the post in their fam camp but it was booked way in advance due to the space camp and other space activities in the Huntsville area.
We had stayed at the Point Mallard RV park in Decatur which is about 20 miles to the west of Huntsville before and so we went over there. They have added a couple of new rows of big-rig back in sites which were sort of level so it worked out OK. Their senior rate for the two nights was a whopping $40 ... total ... $18 a night plus tax ... cheaper than the base.
Diana whipped up a fantastically fresh baurenfruhstuck (sp) German farmer's breakfast the next morning and we had to have a long nap after that. Later we went back to their place, actually in Madison, for the evening.
Here's Todd and I sharing a toast before we went out to destroy some meat on the BBQ.
And then Jo-Anne also by the massive bar. This thing is a free-standing walk through mahogany bar that they brought from Germany. We enjoyed it in their house in Germany and it fits perfectly in the place here in Alabama. It had to be disassembled, pieces numbered, and then reassembled upon arrival in the States. I don't think we have ever seen anything similar in a home ... priceless piece of woodwork!
And then the boys with the brats getting them ready to mush with the sauerkraut with ample wine and beer ... yup it's October.
Lastly our super hosts with the wine toast of the day. Actually our dinner was early as Diana was shorty beginning to prepare another dinner for several relatives that began to arrive as we were departing ... long day in the kitchen for her.
Good food and good friends. They were just stationed in Egypt before coming back here and still own a house in Piesport Germany right on the Mosel river that we have visited and talked about before ... maybe next summer we might get back to that beautiful place.
