Think of the smallest town you can think of. Cut it in half, and there you have Hayden, AL. To some, it is a tiny hell hole that they are eager to leave, to others it is a forever home. Either way, you can't deny that these are the signs that you grew up in the tiny town of Hayden, AL.
1. Park and Ride
It's everyone's favorite meeting spot. It even somehow turned into a hang out for the local middle/high schoolers. Because everyone should hang out in a parking lot once in your life...
2. Hens and Hogs
Yes. This is a small (& I mean small) "restaurant" that used to be a car wash. Only in Hayden, AL did they turn a car wash into a place to buy food.
3. No red lights
No, I'm not kidding. No red lights.
4. You eat at Phil's Grill once/week
Because Phillip Niblett is actually the best cook there is.
4. Stopping at Logan's to get breakfast
Do you even live in Hayden if you haven't done this?
5. Dollar Generals and churches on every corner
That's just the way it is.
6. The roads
They're horrible. Everybody knows it and no one is fixing it
7. 30 minute drives to the nearest Wal-Mart
You can either go south toward Gardendale or north toward Cullman, but either way, it's going to take a hot minute to get there.
8. You and your parents were taught by the same teachers
Mr. Arnold definitely taught everyone in Hayden math. (Sweetest man ever)
9. "A Hayden Wildcat lives here" yard signs
They're everywhere. You can't go half a mile without seeing one of these
10. Everybody knows everybody
It sounds cliche for a small town, but it's oh so true.
11. That one building that was a bakery, a video store, beauty shop, and now a car dealership?
I don't even know.
12. Rivalries between Hayden and Corner...but also Mortimer Jordan
These Friday nights are the biggest happenings in all of Hayden.
13. Home of The Great Pumpkin Patch
Enough said.
