Talladega Days

This morning we woke up in Talladega, AL and packed up the van to head to our next adventure.  Lucas finished the next Harry Potter book on the way to Alabama so he decided to take himself an AR test for school while the book was fresh in his mind.  I bet he's the only kid who enjoys homework over Spring Break.  :)

We left our hotel and drove deep into the Talladega National Forest.  We didn't see much on the drive but lots and lots of pine trees.  Mom had found a neat trail for us to hike that was supposed to have a lot of waterfalls to see, so that's where we went.  It was called the Chinabee Silent Trail.  While we were on the trail we found a geocache too.

Lucas found the geocache without any help from the app.

There were lots and lots of waterfalls and fun places to get close to the water.  If it was warmer we would have played in the water but it was only around 50 degrees.

We found these trees all over the place that looked like they belong on the Lorax movie.

When we started out we found a great place to go out and eat next to the waterfalls, but it was too early to eat, so when we got hungry, we went back to that spot.  It was perfect!

Eliott wasn't feeling good so we ended up finishing our hike early.  We drove 4 hours to Mobile, AL, the next spot for our week of fun.  Mom found a neat hotel in Mobile online and booked it on the way there.  It's called the Malaga Inn and looks like it belongs in New Orleans.

Malaga Inn

 The building is really old and has a courtyard in the middle of it.  It's very relaxing.

For dinner we ate at Heroes Bar and Grill.  It was good and inexpensive but nothing special.

We walked back to the hotel and called it a night....tomorrow we tour the USS Alabama and a submarine!