Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Day 304 (Opelika, AL)

We drove up to Alexander City, AL to see Charles Duncan, Boots’ brother-in-law and his girl friend, Billie. They both have houses on Lake Martin. What a beautiful area! Lots of lawn and great views of the water. Alexander City is a small community of retirees that was originally founded by the Russell Family of Russell Sport clothing mills for their workers. They apparently used their wealth and influence in a positive way in the community.

This particular RV Park is empty except for us! There are concrete pads and lanais at each site. About a third are pull-throughs. Without anyone else here, Karma gets to run free. She has had a lot of exercise while in Alabama (all the relatives had large yards - great for ball throwing). She wants to chase the ball no matter how many times she has already. So, after she runs around like a "crazy" dog, I get the ball and we play catch. Then she is ready to sleep for a couple of hours. A tired dog is a good dog!