...Alabama Day 3...

...it was another gorgeous day...and Our Airman was in class all day...

...so we headed to the museum...he actually wanted to go with us and has not had time to do the tour by himself...but it doesn't look like it will work out for him to be able to go to the museum with us on this trip...

...it looks a lot bigger on the inside...it's like a Tardis...haha...

...around the Christmas tree are soldiers in different dress by period...1920s, 30s...etc...

...inside the immaculate facility are lots of full size aircraft...mostly rotary wing...

...there are several vignettes...

...this one shows the type of helicopter that was in the TV series MASH...

...and this 'most survivable' helicopter has had a crash in a swamp...

...and this one is a lot like the one Our Airman will fly on...

...it got to be lunchtime...so we left the base and went into one of the small surrounding towns to this castle style German restaurant...

...complete with a knight in the corner...

...I love it when there is a vegan menu...

...we got to talking with the owner after the meal...the Man knows some people from near Heidelberg - her home town...so we visited with her for a while...and then on our way out...she gave these little heart necklaces to me and the Airman's Wife...so that we could remember our visit...how sweet was that...

...then we drove back across base...and past this beautiful cotton field...I love to see cotton fields...they're so unusual looking...

...and into another one of the small towns surrounding the base...Enterprise...

...this is the famous Boll Weevil Monument...memorialized for changing the local economy from cotton to peanuts...because the boll weevil devastated the cotton crop...it was sweetly weird...

...but otherwise...Enterprise was all decorated for Christmas...as Whoville...

...it was all very cute...there's going to be a street festival over the weekend...so I hope we can come back...

...they have the adorable wings painted on the wall for photos...there's an adult sized set too...

...and the Airman's Baby posts her first letter to Santa...

~Have a lovely day!