Faith, Folklore, and Friends

Hub and I attended the Smoke on the Water Festival last Saturday, April 29, in beautiful McFarland Park.  There was a mass of humanity there.  Apparently, there is something about the smell of barbecue in the air that gathers people together. This was the festival's second year, and event coordinators are calling it a huge success.  Funds raised from the event benefits Shoals Scholar Dollars, a community scholarship program. We sampled six different kinds of barbecue, and surprisingly, they were all very unique. A couple of them were a little too sweet for me, but they were all good. Several different musical acts entertained all day. Will and Janet McFarlane were on stage while we were there. You can see that it was a little windy that day. Hub loves the vintage cars.  Personally, I like new cars, but that's just me. McFarland Park is a perfect place to spend a spring Saturday.

We were in Decatur, Alabama, yesterday, and you know what that means! I mean, who can go to Decatur and not stop here? It was a little past normal 'lunch hour' but there were a lot of us enjoying some "Q". This is worth the trip. It took Hub a while to make up his mind, but he settled some on pulled pork. I had the loaded potato.  That is a regular sized dinner plate that it is on. You hungry yet? The restaurant is full of ribbons and trophies that have been won for their fabulous barbecue.  In my opinion, they were all well deserved.