PICTURES FROM ADVENTURES IN FLORENCE, AL

Houses on the bluff overlooking the entrance to Florence Harbor Marina

High stakes bass fishing tournament underway

At end of the day, fish are measured and weighed, then put into this tank to be revitalized

...then netted out and put into the tube for re-entry into the river alive

Impressive large bass...ones our sons and grandchildren would love to catch

Many bass boats waiting to be send off for their day of fishing. Winner at the end of the day on Sunday will win a new truck and new bass boat with trailer!!

Our slip in Florence Harbor, settled in next to "C-Port III" and "When I'm 64"

Bass boats awaiting instructions on third day of tournament

"TaTa" from Canada leaving Florence and hoping to enter the locks with some of the bass boats

"When I'm 64" and "Serenity" joining "TaTa" 

Tom Hendryx at his wall, which he built stone by stone to commemorate his Native American great-great grandmother who was one of many of the Yuchi tribe to be relocated from this area to the Indian Nations of Oklahoma.

Tom's home in the woods where he told us his story while the storm roared around us

A basket made of pine needles in honor of his grandmother. Notice the smaller one ...

...and the smaller one yet, all with removable lids

One of the areas by his wall where storytelling and prayer takes place

Google "Tom Hendryx Wall" and you will find more detail about this 86-year-old man and his grandmother's story. Fascinating!

Rain pelted around us while Tom told us his story on his porch, but it cleared enough so that we could walk the trail through one section of his wall. Each stone was gathered and placed by Tom to represent each step his great-great grandmother took on the relocation to Oklahoma and her 5-year journey home a year later, at the age of 16.

Helen Keller's home (birthplace) in Tuscumbia, AL

Theirs was the second house erected in Tuscumbia, AL

Keller home placed on the National Register of Historic Places