Field Trip

So here is how you promote your mental health in Heflin, Alabama. When you have a chance you go on a Field Trip. I take my inspector with me, He is an Auburn fan but still he is a nice guy. Our first notable Field Trip was to a vineyard in Fruithurst, Alabama. Fruithurst has had vineyards since before Civil War times. This one is owned by a guy who is an American Airline pilot and his cousin. The cousin may have some experience with some other cash crops. They only grow muscadines and they have a winery there. We were given a private tour including a wine tasting. I know it was only 10 a.m. but you have to do what you have to do. They invited us back to watch them harvest the grapes the next week. Here is a video.



Our latest trip was today, we went to Turkey Heaven Mountain. It is a minor mountain east of Cheaha.

Before we got to the mountain we could see it and noticed a house hanging right at the top. We drove up and found the house. It had signs everywhere saying "NO TRESPASS". Well I knew they were talking about other people, not me.

We entered the gate in a stone wall, there was a stone courtyard with several outbuildings. The whole compound sits on 40 acres and is surrounded by retaining walls except where the gate is. The owner came out and was the most gracious host to two uninvited guests.

He is retired military and must have done it well.

It is a multi million dollar home on a multi thousand piece of land with a multi billion dollar view. Here are pictures and they don't do it justice.
















It is their design based off of French farm houses that they saw in Europe while he was in the Army.

They have 2 generators for power in bad weather and the house had to be designed for 140 mile per hour winds due to the elevation (over 1600 feet).

There are fire pits with benches located so that you can sit and look out over the vistas. The owners, the wife came out after a while, were great and I don't know why Southern Living is not knocking on their door.

I am working here but these "Field Trips" keep us sane.

I am not a real FANatic!

I just watched a video of the LSU fans showing up for the game tomorrow.

One of the men was dressed as a cheerleader, I mean a female cheerleader.

Clearly he wins in the race that is decided by, Who will do the stupidest thing in the name of being a fan.

If we win tomorrow, I am very happy. If we lose tomorrow, I am very sad. But no pleated skirt. Sorry Nick.

They call me "Pete"

Lately we have had several conversations about what Hayes should call Libba and I.

We have gone through all of the obvious choices, you know the ones, and I have stated that I think we should let him be the one to decide. Well that might work if anyone would be patient enough for it to happen but we doubt that they will.

I started thinking about names and nickname that I have been called, some of them not flattering, and really don't think that any of them are appropriate for a young man to call his mother's father.

There is a man on my job in Heflin that calls me "Pete". I bet you wonder why. I have not a clue.

One day he called me Pete and I asked if he knew my name and he said "Yeah, Wayne, but you look like a Pete to me".

In the not too far off future Hayes will look at Libba and I and decide what we look like to him. There are many things that would be acceptable to me but I have to tell you, I hope that I don't look like a "Pete".

This has brought me back to my Blog!

I just watched the Lame Kiffin Show. Don't tell me that I misspelled his name, that is his name.

Bitch, bitch, bitch.

The way he got such a good looking wife is that he must do her hair for free. Or he decorates.

TV Guy: Coach why did you kick instead of running another play?

Lame: Well the way that the Refs have been calling the game, I could not take a chance that they would call a penalty that would put us out of range. Or we might have thrown an interception. I could not believe anything good would happen. And Cody took his helmet off. Our kicker does not suck, Cody took his helmet off.

Grow a set. You play this game and every game, like life. You play to win, you don't play to not lose.

Come to think of it, didn't Fat Phil whine? Maybe it is a Tennessee thing.

Hayes is Here!

The laundry list......

>Why is Meredith complaining about how often everybody posts, when she rarely puts up anything new? Come on Mer!

>When we look back on it, does any of the events of the last week really surprise us? She was arrested and her name is different than anything we ever heard.

>Are stupid people naturally lucky? You think about it, there are a lot of lucky, stupid people.

>I am watching "Cops" and hookers in real life are ugly, why are they knockouts on TV shows? What happened to truth in advertising?

>Is Tyler going to have a big breakfast in the morning to celebrate 1 week as a free man?

>I don't want to be around Beth if she does not have DMD. Good luck Billy.

>I can not fix a table that is in Richmond from Tuscaloosa!

>What could I do for a living if I lived in Mexico?