KEY UNDERWOOD COON DOG CEMETERY

Yes, you read the title correctly. Last Thursday we took a short drive from Red Bay to see the Key Underwood Coon Dog Cemetery. If you don’t know what a Coon Dog is, it is a hound dog that is bred for hunting. The most notable breed is the Tick Hound. Only AKC/UKC champion hounds may be buried there and the owner pays a fee of $100 for the burial. The first dog was buried there in 1937. As you can see in the pictures, there have been a lot of dogs buried there since. The graves are all marked, some with rather elaborate headstones, many of which have some sort of epitaph inscribed on them. One of the markers said:



“He was good as the best and better than the rest”



Another one said:



“He wasn’t the best but he was the best I ever had”



YOU GOTTA KNOW WE’RE IN REDNECK COUNTRY!





Yesterday we drove over to Tupelo, MS to do some shopping and go to Chili's for Ardelle's birthday. Ardelle found a quilt shop that she really liked. She would probably still be in there if she hadn't needed to come up for food! Tupelo is the birthplace of Elvis. We didn't go see the house he was born in or the other tributes. We may do that while we are killing time during the days the coach is being worked on.



We will be here in Red Bay for at least another week.