A Slow Day

Coker, Alabama

Weather: low 58 degrees, high 70 degrees, cloudy all day, no rain yet

We spent a fairly uneventful day, enjoying visiting with Terri and Thomas.

The state park was full of bicycle road racers that were using the park as a staging and starting point for three separate road races today. There had to be at least 500 racers, which was good for the balance sheet of the park, because each of them had to pay a park entrance fee. The bad part of it is that it upset the peace and tranquility which we have gotten used to. The races started about 0800 and continued through the afternoon until about 1700 hours. At least they are not here at night.

One thing I noticed about the riders is that the vast majority of them were young and skinny. I guess that sport is for the young, and if you are serious about it, it maintains your body weight. Personally, I don't want to work that hard at having fun.

Most people who know Carolyn know that she loves flowers of any sort. I think her favorite wild flower is honeysuckle, especially the pink variety, which only seems to grow in the wild in certain places. There are pink several honeysuckle plants along the access road to the park that she loves to see and admire as we pass by them. In addition, there are many dogwood trees in full bloom in the park that she likes, as well as red buds, pear, wisteria, wild plum, etc. This is a great time for us to be here to enjoy the natural beauty.

This area of Alabama has had it's share of tornados in the past. We are approaching tornado season, and we keep an eye on the weather to make sure we can find shelter if a bad storm is approaching. If you know what to look for, you can see where tornados have passed through. Trees will be knocked down or twisted off in a general path, mostly from the west or southwest. Terri's house has a shelter built into the basement which they have used in the past. If bad weather is coming, we will go to her house for safety.

We intend to move to another park tomorrow if an electrical problem with the hookups is repaired. We went by the new park today, and the hookups are still not fixed. The fix is fairly simple, but I am not an electrician, so we will see what happens. If we can't move tomorrow, we'll stay in the state park another day.

More later, be safe.

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