Elba, Alabama

We are in Elba, AL and have decided to take up residence here... not really. Our trailer was not ready yesterday morning. It'll be ready this afternoon. Meanwhile, we have been living at the new truck stop. We ate Chinese across the street last night and made friends with Kenny - a 3rd grade boy whose mom owns the Chinese restaurant. Kenny loves to play with our pups. He looks Chinese but sounds exactly like any other kid who grew up in Elba, AL. Behind the strip mall where the Chinese restaurant is, there is a hill. Up there is a large flat field with electric fence around it. There are 2 beautiful horses and 3 goats inside the fence, and Kody decided to make friends with them - especially the one horse who seemed real curious about Kody. Kenny told us these horses are owned by Dr. Somebody... The weather is nice, a little cool, but we're heading for Hew Hampshire - not far from the Canadian border. Then we drive across Vermont to northern NY to pick up a trailer for northern Michigan. We are in for some snow the next few days. Fortunately, my younger brother's house is right on the way and not far from the Michigan drop, so we'll visit Jeff & Reni on New Years Day, which they don't know yet. I'm getting some good fiddling done here in our temporary hometown of Elba, AL. The receptionist at Dorsey Trailer Co. said her grandfather made a fiddle out of a kerosene can. Grandpa died but her uncle has the tin fiddle. I asked if he could bring it over, so she called him and he did. I played it. It was almost impossible to tune. I got the bottom 2 strings relatively in tune so I could play "Amazing Grace." I still like mine better.