Looking for some fall fun? Here's a variety of activities and events for you to check out: Scarecrow Trail, Harmony Park Safari, Tate Pumpkin Farm, Cornfield Maize, Halloween Fun House, Taste Of Home Cooking School, Disney On Ice, Ars Nova presents "Green Eggs & Ham," Fantasy Playhouse presents "Charlotte's Web," Alabama Renaissance Feast (Florence), Haunted Graystone Manor, Burritt Museum's Harvest & Indian Heritage Festival, Sci-Quest's Hands On Trucks, HCC Concert "Indivisible," Liz Hurley's Ribbon Run, Alabama Gourd Festival (Cullman), Southern Wildlife Festival (Decatur), "The Wedding Party" Bridal Fair, Wade Mountain hike, Evening Movies At The Library, plus much more. Check the events calendar for more details.

How many times a week do you go out to eat? Has the economy changed your dining out routine? What is your favorite place to eat? You might want to check out the latest Huntsville/Madison County Health Dept. report before you next outting. This is a pretty good report--not one of the 64 restaurants inspected failed to make a passing grade and one even made a perfect score of 100. Some of the places visited included Waffle House, Little Paul's Gibson Barbecue, Steak-Out, Cafe Baba, Cantina Laredo, Salsarita's, Lawler's Barbecue Express, Bruegger's, Ol' Heildelberg, Victoria's Cafe, The Chocolate Crocodile, Kentucky Fried Chicken, plus many more. Read the full report.

The weather is perfect this time of year. I've heard lots of people say that fall is there favorite time of year. I don't know if it's because I was born in spring or that I lived in Iowa for 30 years, but I try not to get too excited about fall. In Iowa, I learned that fall lasts about two weeks...and then the bitter, cold, snowy winter lasts for about 7 months! No...fall isn't my favorite time of year--I prefer spring, when everything comes back to life and we have three nice, warm seasons to look forward to. What's your favorite time of year?

There are many great opportunities for hiking in the Huntsville area and Bob Goodwin shares with us his discoveries as an avid local hiker. Hiking destinations include Huntsville itself, the surrounding counties, and other areas within 70 miles or so. There are jewels right here, such as Monte Sano State Park, all of the Land Trust properties, the greenways and other places. There are also a myriad of opportunities not that far away in some of the other state parks and in Tennessee. During a recent Earth Day at the Hays Preserve, Bob manned a table for the Tennessee Trails Association and had the opportunity to talk to about 90 people about hiking in the Huntsville area. Most knew about Monte Sano State Park and the Madison County Nature trail. However, little was known about other properties and opportunities that lay not that far away in Tennessee. There were also some questions about who sponsors the hikes in the area. Here is photos and information on hiking.
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