The Tucker Childers weblog

Tucker is back at home and sends along this report:

Wow!! What a great trip. Now we may need to go back next year because we have learned so many things to do next time. The big shame is that the Dodgers are moving their Spring Training to Arizona and will do only one more year in Vero Beach. That is the most pleasant park that I have ever seen. It’s around 60 years old and perfect in every way. What a shame.

I managed to give away 3 books last week. That may make me the top buyer. It is in its’ second printing now, so I guess it’s doing pretty well. One thing that I have enjoyed is speaking about it and I hope to do more of it. Need a speaker? Check with me.

I have to go down to Tellico Plains next week. Have you ever been there. My guess is “no.” It is a nice little town. When I used to go there years ago, they had only one restaurant. It was named Babe’s Flying Saucer and it was a fairly good place to eat. Better than it needed to be since it was the only place in town where you could eat lunch. Reliability wasn’t their strong suit though. The last time I went there for lunch, the whole place had been taken over by The Monroe County Coon Hunter’s Society. I’ve never been attracted to coon hunting. The description of the activity just doesn’t sound like something I would enjoy doing. However, these people could see that I looked darn hungry, so they invited me to have lunch with them and it was there that I learned the true attraction to coon hunting. That was the funniest bunch of people that I have ever been around. As time goes by, I will share some of their stories with you. Tune in.