Christmas travels

I spent the first part of my Christmas in Mobile with Mark and his fam (pictures are of the Mobile area, not Mark's relatives):

Then I flew back to Atlanta and drove to Trussville AL to spend some time with my own parents. I didn't take any pictures there, but my sister got a new digital camera from her new husband for Christmas, so maybe we will see some pictures soon. There was this one amazing house with lights of all kinds, including a light up sign from what appeared to be a defunct airline? Still, this house was no match for the house in Chattanooga off Standifer Gap Road (I think it might be on Daugherty Lane...?).

Really what I wanted to discuss was this really cool tripod Mark got me for Christmas. It's bendy and can be positioned in many different ways and wrapped around tree branches and such.