Older son was working today, so youngest and I took the last real day of spring break and headed east, to Cheaha State Park, the site of the highest point in Alabama. He’d been there once or twice as a cub scout, but that was a long time ago. It was the perfect day to be there. Warm, but not hot, and pre-Alabama-insect-emergence. Not too many people there, either.
My only criticism of the park as I experienced it was that the lovely CCC-constructed tower could use a little work. It said there was a museum on the bottom floor, but it was closed (at 11 on a weekday) and the top, observation room needed to have graffiti painted over, cobwebs swept and some directional signage up near the windows, so you know what you’re looking at. Eagle Scout Project, Ahoy!
A nice day.
The trail below is called the Chinnabee Silent Trail. Why?
The Chinnabee Silent Trail is a 3.7 mile route built from 1973 to 1976 by Boy Scout Troop 29. The Scouts were all students at the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind which is how the trail got its name.
Charlotte was Both 