Red Bay, AL

 Last month, we did something we have never done, and will probably never do again - we went on a hog hunt.  There are approximately one and a half MILLION hogs in Texas, and people are encouraged to kill as many as possible.  They are a very invasive species and will ruin entire fields of crops in one night.  They destroyed several areas of lawn, including rooting up irrigation systems.  Lakeview hired some professional hog hunters and we got to go along.  I won't gross you out with the details, but the night we went with them, they got a 250 pound hog!  That was a lot of bacon!  One of the guys processed it, which included soaking it in salt water for four days.  

We have painted exterior doors on one entire set of dorms, cut lots of bushes, trimmed more trees and served in the cafeteria.  We have had two groups of people.  Most have cancelled.  One group was 185 people,  youth groups from a few of the local churches.  At least one young man was led to Christ during the camp!  Makes it all worth it!  Another group of 75 was  a family camp.

We left Lakeview a week ago to come to Red Bay AL to have some warranty work done on the coach. We m are in a very nice RV park, owned by Girard, the maker of our awnings.  It is a new park, less than a year old, so it has the newest and best amenities, including a wonderful restaurant.  They didn't get started on our coach until Thursday, so they didn't get finished last week.  Cheryl, Miss Impatience herself, was NOT a very happy camper to have to wait over the weekend.  So we drove over to Muscle Shoals and Florence. Went to see Helen Keller's birthplace in Tuscumbia.  Then we ate lunch at the Rattlesnake Saloon, which is al fresco in a cave!   www,rattlesnakesaloon.net