Figs and Kegs

It has been kind of a cloudy, rainy day here in Natchez, but the good thing is that the clouds have cooled things off a bit. Today at work Tim picked a fig for me from a fig tree out behind the privy (outhouse) at Melrose. The closest I'd ever come to figs was through Fig Newtons, so I didn't know what to expect from eating a fresh fig right off a tree. It was surprisingly juicy and delicious. People really aren't supposed to pick the figs on the park property, but Tim said that we could since we run the place.

All is hustle and bustle here at Routhland today. Catherine and Everett are throwing some kind of political shin-dig here at the house tonight. I guess that they have some friends who are running for office (hopefully the guy running for county coroner won't show up), so they are providing drinks and eats for a lot of people here tonight. I've never seen them work so hard on the yard and everything. Everett was even outside yesterday with his Clorox spray, hosing down all of the tables and chairs outside. When I came home for lunch today, there was a giant BUD LIGHT cooler (like you see at the grocery stores) in front of my door. Next to it were two giant BUD LIGHT bins stacked with packs of beer on top. I'm thinking they'll be serving beer this evening. Tonight would be a good night to steer clear of the place. I can only imagine how late they'll be partying, and the later it gets in the evening, the more drunk (and loud) everyone will be. I think that Nathan, Kate, and I will be watching "Lost" though, so maybe I can spend a few hours over at their place which is at least a little ways away from all the action. Who brings an entire beer cooler to their house for parties? I guess the answer to that is the Ratcliffes. It should be quite the fiesta out there tonight. I'll have to report on it tomorrow. Well, I'd best be off to work. Angie is going to be auditing tours this afternoon, making sure that we aren't spreading false information among park visitors :-), so I'd better be on my A-game!