MOONTOWN !

Moontown- when I first heard the name I envisioned

a small residential area on the moon.

Really!

Then I thought "How silly is that?"

What I learned is that Moontown is a small airport

(read as grass runway) off Rt.72, East of Huntsville, Alabama.

No airliners here. Personal, single and double engine planes. Some are Experimental and might have been hand built by their owner. Wow.

My daughter Rachel and I went there early

(6:00 AM) Saturday morning to prepare and

serve breakfast in a fundraiser for

Buckhorn High School band.

This is Rachel's first year in band and she loves it.

We are very proud for her.

Buckhorn Marching Band won

GRAND CHAMPION in the

Tennessee Valley Invitational

in Muscle Shoals this past fall.

I agree, they are the best.

We made scrambled eggs, pancakes (about 200), sausage patties, biscuits & gravy, OJ and the southern speciality - grits. (what are grits really????)

This was my favorite plane today

The pilots flew in from other small airports

near their home or even from their back yard!
Yes, some told me they have a runway at home.

Moontown is associated with aviation group EAA.

Not really sure of specifics on that,

but the pilots and their passengers

were great people and we enjoyed

serving them.

And the name "Moontown". Well I think it has

something to do with the rockets made in Huntsville, Alabama.