After walking the crowded streets of Three Hills for 1.5 hours I searched out an empty lawn chair in the shade.  I saw a couple of guys who looked like they were fishing but not actually wanting to catch anything.  They immediately started talking to me as if we were long lost friends.  Barely got through intros and I was startled by an outreached hand in my face…I took a firm handshake and was pulled out of my lawn chair in an instant by a strong woman.  She was surrounded by three beautiful daughters, a son, and a bedazzled husband.  He was as surprised as I was.  “Hi. I’m Gretchen Neufeld.  This is my husband Kevin.  My daughter saw you up the street but was too shy to bother you.  What are you doing here in Three Hills?  You have a car?”  I said “Nope, but I am going to be playing at Moments Café very shortly.”  I asked Kevin what he does…cattle and a little guitar he tells me.  “He’s really good”, Gretchen pipes in.  Kevin is feeling uncomfortable and pulls his family away “Leave the guy alone he’s trying to get some shade.”

I head off to the coffee shop…the fishermen bid me ado “Nice to see you here in our town!  Funny how nobody can afford a new car!”