What the heck is a Holler?

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The Holler??

So while staying at Beaver Lakefront Cabins for our anniversary there were many stories, but here’s one I love.

There’s a lodge where the sweet man who runs the place is at during the day. H went into the lodge one day to get a movie for us to watch. While there he was talkin’ to this sweet man whom he refers to as “that good ol’ boy”. He comes back and informs me of the conversation. You must know we came up early because of the weather. Well it was so bad just hours after we got here that people leaving had to get a tow truck to get them out and apparently no one was gettin’ in either. Hans was askin’ “that good ol’ boy if people were able to get in yet.

Good ol’ boy said, "...yea seems to be alright cep down der in da holler some folks is havin’ trouble."

Hans (thinkin’), "what the heck is a holler?"

On H's walk back to the cabin he remembers Randy Travis' classic song, "Deeper than the Holler" and sings it all day long. He’s tellin’ me how he likes the word holler and he’d like to incorporate it into his everyday vocabulary. So all morning I heard him find ways to use the word holler and sing his very own rendition of this song. Trust me, it sounded nothin’ like the original. When Hans sings a song and doesn’t know the words, which happens to be a common occurrence, he just sings whatever he thinks should fit. Let me just tell you it was the entire song. He had the tune down, and the part about your love being deeper than the holler, and that’s about it. Let's just say if I never hear the word holler again it'll be to soon.

Truth be told this is one of the many things I love about this man.