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While traveling to Bob’s new fishing hole, we stopped for the night in Tuscumbia, Alabama.  We asked if there was anything interesting to see around Tuscumbia, and they told us it was Helen Keller’s birthplace, so off we went.


Isn’t the house pretty?  It was built in 1820 by Helen’s grandparents.  Helen was born in the small building to the right of the main house.


It’s easier to see Helen’s birthplace here.  It’s the little building behind the tree on the right.


After some time Helen and her parents moved into the main house, and this is the furniture they used while living here.


The guides told such good stories, and it was easy to tell that they loved Helen Keller.


Remember the scene from The Miracle Worker when Anne Sullivan came to live with Helen and her parents, and Helen ran from plate to plate eating everything she could feel? 


The quilt on Helen’s bed looks like the crazy quilt Beth and I made when she was in middle school.


Everyone remembers the scene in the movie that showed Helen and Anne with the pump, except for Bob.  He claims he never saw The Miracle Worker or To Kill a Mockingbird.  I’m not sure I believe him, but we must remember:  John Wayne is not in either movie.

Now, on to that fishing hole, and wait until you see it and the fun day trips we took while we were there!