Heavy Traffic

Coker, Alabama

Weather: low 54 degrees, high 83 degrees, partly cloudy skies

The university has a football game with the University of Kentucky tomorrow. That means traffic is much worse, with all the motor homes and other types of RVs coming in for the weekend. If we wanted to go out to eat tonight, it would be difficult to find a place that we could get into. Football season is financially rewarding for the area. With the team enjoying their best season in years, it has become a real bonanza.

We rode up to Bessemer with Terri to deliver Thomas to his dad for the weekend. While waiting at a truck stop for his dad, we witnessed a sight that amused us for about 30 minutes. A large motor home towing a utility trailer carrying a golf cart pulled into a dead end parking lot with no way out except the way they came. We watched the people get out, look around, scratch their heads, then start trying to jockey back and forth so they could get out of the fix they were in. What they didn't realize was that it is very difficult to back a motor home with a utility trailer attached to it. After about 30 minutes, a man walked over and suggested they remove the utility trailer. Once they did that, they were able to get out of their predicament. It was good fun while it lasted.

We washed our laundry today, and it was amazing how busy the laundry was. There seems to be quite a few people in this area who work four day weeks, so a lot of them take care of their tasks like laundry on Friday. We'll have to remember to not go back on Friday.

After finishing the laundry, I went out to the house and mowed the yard around the house itself. The grass is not growing as fast as it was, so it didn't take long to finish. In addition, it is dry because we have gotten very little rain since the first of September. A little rain would be good for the yard and flowers.

If nothing changes between now and then, we plan to leave here on Sunday or Monday to go to Florida and visit family. We expect to be gone for about a week.

More later, be safe.

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