Prattville

No, I haven't yet found out how it got it's name, but I am sure it has to do with someone named Pratt.
After a (thankfully) uneventful drive, we arrived on Friday in plenty of time to set up before the rain started. We were so proud - and then it was only light rain for about 5 minutes.
We are actually at Gunter Hill Campground, a Corps of Engineers campground, and about 15 or so minutes from Prattville. Saturday, after looking on the net for a church, we drove to Prattville. We found the church building and it is really big. On the grounds is also the Christian school.
We went to Wal-Mart (what else?) for a few groceries and things. Then we went looking for a headlight for the Mazda. The 1st parts place was a bust since the clerk couldn't even read the book. But Auto Zone came thru for us. Knowing that we would be driving the Mazda well after dark, it was a relief to find the right bulb.
Saturday night we went to Evelyn's and then to her friends house. Actually Shannon is her supervisor, but they have become good friends. Shannon's mom has been teaching Evelyn to crochet. We all went to dinner at Olive Garden. There was Shannon, her husband Len, her mother, Carol, and Evelyn, TM and me. We had a really fun time. They are fun people. After that we went to the Shakespeare Theater for a play. It was not a Shakespeare play, that is just the name of the theater. The play was delightful. "Above the Tavern" is set in the 1950's and deals with a 12-yr-old boy, his family, and his questions about religion. It was hysterically funny and the actors were all very good. I recommend it.
When we came out, it was pouring rain. Now, which one of us had the umbrella? Oh right, none of us! Len, bless him, went and got the car to pick us up at the door. When we got back to their house, we went inside for a moment to meet their 10 dogs. That is not a misprint, I did mean ten. Good thing they are small and caged. But what a ruckus they raised.
Then the 3 of us piled into Evelyn's car to go back to her house. Since it was still raining like crazy, we didn't hang around her place, but got into our car and left. As it was, it was nearly 12:00 when we got home.