Once Joe gets home we go to have lunch with his mother and brother. They serve good food at Brookdale, where his mom lives. It was a nice lunch and a great last visit for this year. We say our goodbye's planning on returning tonight for dinner, but mom is feeling very tired, so dinner was canceled.
As we were discussing what to do Joe suddenly remembered that he wanted to look up his old high school buddy, Dexter McClure and his wife Joyce. He gave them a call and before we knew it we were meeting for dinner at Rosie's Mexican Cantina. We called Joe's brother, Jerry, to join us. We all met at 5:30 for a very good meal. It was nice to get some what caught with everyone. After dinner we went to Dexter's house to see his baby. Dexter builds trains, ones you can ride on. He started when he was a teenager working with his dad. He has a track laid around his property complete with tunnel. He gives kids rides on it. They even issue tickets that get punched and he has a depot and a work shop in his backyard.
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| This is the train Dexter and his dad workedon |
We all got to do a couple of laps around his yard. It was so much fun. After our ride we toured his depot and work shop.
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The work shop to the left and the model he is now working on to the right. He will be adding one more table to complete the track.
We really had a great time visiting with them and hated to leave, but it was getting late so we said our goodbye's with promises to get together next year when we return to Huntsville.
If anyone would like to read more on what he does, here is a link to the news paper article on the Heart of Dixie Railroad.
http://www.al.com/news/
Tomorrow we head to Florence Alabama to see Muscle Shoals recording studio and the birth place of Helen Keller.
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