Cotton Hill - part 2

Finally! We had a WHOLE day to just play. Yesterday (Thursday) was really nice - mid 60's and mostly sunny. I took Foster for a nice long walk - about an hour and a half - and scared up quite a few deer. They're pretty much everywhere around here. Dave fished off his kayak for most of the afternoon (after taking his bike ride) and caught himself a big old catfish. ...Fish fry either Saturday or Monday! (Some people don't like catfish, but we are perfectly happy to eat them every now and then.) They were predicting a 100% chance of rain during the night, so we decided to start our campfire early to be SURE we got to have one! We haven't had a fire in almost two weeks, so we had a LOT of pent-up demand built up! It turned out to be a beautiful night for a great big campfire - cool, very little wind, very thin clouds - very pretty! We ended up sitting out there from 4:00 until almost 9:00 (...a glass or two of wine helps pass the time!). And, then, BOY did it rain - it poured all night long and almost all day today, plus cooled down to the mid-40's. But we were ok - we had two nice days in a row and after the weather pattern we've been going through, those two days were terrific! We took a ride into Eufala Alabama during the day - about 20 miles north of our campground. What a pretty little town. Like most towns down here, there seem to be an awful lot of closed-up stores and businesses, but they have a really beautiful historic area with huge, old mansions - lots of "gingerbread" trim, towers, huge front porches, etc. Really lovely. We picked up a few groceries and then wanted to stop somewhere for an appetizer and a drink. Boy, it can be really hard to find a nice little local bar in some of these "Bible belt" towns down here in the south. We finally got directions to the River City Grill, where we got a bite to eat and a beer and got to watch some ESPN-without-sound. We had to chuckle when we got back here - we are now one of only five sites being occupied in this campground of over 100 sites. But that's OK with us - when we get to the Florida state parks we will be packed in like sardines. So we're loving the privacy and quiet here.