2006 RV - Doug & Crystal

This I thought was Montgomery, Alabamas' welcome sign.

Now this is not funny! It's quite frightening. Although and neither Doug nor myself trespassed......well.....I didn't (I'm Crystal). Doug did though. You will see him down below piece ways down...., that's that deep southern talk.."piece ways down." He was in a church, you'll see him.


Doug and I traveled to Union Springs, AL to visit our dear friend Ella Mae. Ella and I were battle buddies on active duty. Ella llives in Killeen about 5 miles from us. She has family in Union Springs, so we planned this visit some time ago. But I ahve to tell you about getting to Union Springs. We had to pass some funny named towns, like: Smuteye and Plot Bottom. There were more, but I can't remember them.

Union Springs, is noted becasue of their bird dog. The dominant feature on the main street of the Bullock County town of Union Springs, this statue of a pointing bird dog celebrates the town's reputation as the "Bird Dog Field Trial Captial of the World." The life-size bronze statue of an English Pointer, sculpted by Bob Wehle, stands in a perpetual pointing position atop an 8-foot-tall granite pillar at the intersection of Hardaway Avenue and Prairie Street, the main drag of the downtown area. In honor of the holiday season, the statue is decorated with a colorful Christmas wreath. Inscribed on the monument, dedicated in 1996, are the names of the 11 Bullock County men who have been honored as members of the Bird Dog Field Trial Hall of Fame. Field trials, which test the skills of bird dogs and include both dogs and mounted horsemen, are held several times each year in Bullock County and attract thousands of visitors to Union Springs and vicinity.
Of the field trials held from November through March in the area, three are championships, two professional and one amateur. The February National Amateur Free-for-All, held on the 14,000-acre Sedgefield Plantation, often attracts more than 500 people.