Flat Hayley

Hayley is my cousin. And, she isn't so much flat, as kinda bumpy, and last I remember, tall for her age. Anyway, her school is doing a pretty cool project to help them learn geography. They wrote to someone they knew in a different state (and I just happen to be the super cool cousin she chose to write to) and sent them a drawing of themselves. A flat person, a "Flat Hayley" if you will. Then, they ask that you take Flat Hayley to some cool places or do cool things in your state, so Flat Hayley can then be sent back with said pictures, and tell the class all about her cool travelling adventures. I was out of town (again. I know, right... what is wrong with her home that makes her so she is never there. Nothing.... Really, nothing....) and didn't receive Flat Hayley with as much time as I would have liked to have had. However, I think Flat Hayley and I got to do some pretty cool stuff. Just look:

We started out the day with some breakfast. We ate some wonderful Conecuh sausage (made in Conecuh county, down here in good ol' Alabamy). And, lest you not catch my previous praise, this stuff is dang good. Flat Hayley can tell you. For a flat person, she sure has a large appetite. She ate 3 peices. Also, notice that the sausage is being cooked in a cast iron skillet. Alabama is a large producer of cast iron. Betcha didn't know that, didja?!?! (And for all you non-Alabama residents, its pronounced Cuh-Neck-Ah).

Then, we went outside to climb some trees. Alabama is also a producer of pine trees. My grandfather in law is a pine tree farmer. True, it may take more than 25 years to get a good harvest, but the trees are used for things like telephone poles, furniture, or pulp wood for paper. See, you are learning things every day.

Flat Hayley is a good climber. See, she is having so much fun!

Then, we drove a bit to go and visit our local university. Auburn and anyone out west will never have the chance to play each other at football most likely, but that is better for you people out west. Auburn would kill you! WAR EAGLE! But, Flat Hayley got a tour of the campus and decided she wants to come back and go to veterinary school when she gets older ;)

That is Samford Hall. It has the clock tower in it. It still rings. It was one of the original buildings on campus before it got huge. I think it is a pretty building. So did Flat Hayley.

We were going to do so much more, but the rain clouds started to roll in, and we had to call it a day. Alabama gets a lot of rain, and is known for its humidity. Humidity, lets face it, kids out in Utah don't really know what that is, so I felt like it was my job to educate them. Theres a storm a comin' Flat Hayley. Lets get you home.

That pretty much ended our day. I didn't get the chance to take her to Montgomery where Martin Luther King, Jr. was, or by the statue of Rosa Parks. I guess we will just have to plan a vacation together again someday. Bye for now Flat Hayley. Enjoy your trip back!