A Recent Adventure: Anniston, AL

A few days ago we went adventuring to Anniston, AL, to see their natural history museum. I was expecting something O.K., maybe like a tiny version of the Fernbank Science Center-- but NO, this was AMAZING. For my Georgia friends and readers, imagine the Fernbank Science Center, but times 15! It was a huge magnificent collection, with geology, fossils, stuff on energy and natural disasters and solar power (which is what runs the museum), and taxidermy from ALL OVER. Like, humongous rooms of taxidermy everything! Plus, illustrations, and then their seemingly main attraction, the two mummies. Although honestly, the mummies were nothing compared to their other natural science stuff-- mummies are cool, but I felt like they put wayyyyyy more work into the other exhibits to make them full of knowledge. There was so much information I couldn’t possibly absorb it all, and I should have bought a membership, because I will definitely be back. Thank you Anniston Museum of Natural History for an AWESOME experience!

Here are my well earned Georgia pennies (see story below)-- I thought these were great designs, even if the press itself is only ok and on the far right is my Anniston Museum mummy penny:

We also stopped by the GA Welcome Center on our way back into the state… We actually did this before going to the museum, so we drove across the border to AL, turned around, missed the GA welcome center, crossed again into AL, turned around, then got out at the GA welcome center, got the pennies, and crossed back into Alabama to get to Anniston. We did this in case the press wasn’t accessible after the center closed for the evening-- but it’s available full time! On our second drive back into GA (out of 3), we ended up stopping so my S/O could pick up some dead turkey feathers, out of a rotting turkey that was on the side of the road. True love. I was most worried my S/O would get hit by an oncoming truck, but luckily no harm came to us. What a trip. The drive was smooth and we all got what we wanted and more out of the vacation.
Thanks for reading and enjoy!

Penny Presents! Part 1

Hey Everyone!

Sorry for my delay in posting these past couple weeks-- we've been hard at work on all our gardening projects, which cuts out time for Penny Adventures! Never fear, we are still adventuring, I just had to delay a few trips until after we had the garden settled and ready to grow!

To avoid leaving you hanging, here is a quick post on some Penny Presents!

So far I have been gifted a few pennies over the years, and I wanted to give them their spotlight too.
This week we are featuring a penny all the way from a John Deere shop in Moline, IL. My good friend O got this penny for me. She was technically on a work trip, but she also found her way to the John Deere shop where she procured both some sweet socks and this penny! Love it, check out the detail in the deer. Pretty awesome, and I’m not even a John Deere person.

Another penny gift of mention, to the right of the John Deere Penny:
I have never been to the Houston Zoo, but this penny is from my S/O’s collection. I like the detailing in it. Maybe someday I'll make my way to Houston and actually see the zoo.

And last, but not least:
My mom brought me a penny from Glacier National Park when she visited last year, then thought she managed to lose it on the way home, but it magically re-appeared at my seat at the table when I went home to visit recently! How exciting! Apparently she put it in a safe place that was too safe, but I feel really special that she and my big bro went in on this penny together for me. A very thoughtful gift, and also before I'd really seriously started collecting pennies.

Thanks as always for reading, and check back soon for another awesome update!
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