Village Point Park Preserve
Slow-ish start this morning with some housekeeping chores, followed by lunch at the Original Oyster House on Route 90. Nice restaurant on stilts overlooking the marsh... more
Mobile Audubon Bird Sanctuary
Today’s hike was at the Audubon Bird Sanctuary on Dauphin Island at the very southwest end of Mobile Bay. The drive out to the island through the marshes and sand... more
Big Lagoon State Park
Today was an odd day. The oddness actually started yesterday in Greenville AL. We had spent Sunday night at a Walmart there. Overnight the temperature had dropped by... more
Blakeley State Historic Park
Sunday we drove just a short way, stopping in Greenville, Alabama at a Walmart where David had determined we would have some good TV to watch football. After spending... more
Smith Lake Park
Smith Lake is a large man-made lake with a county park and campground on its shore. When we first arrived we had a pleasant walk around the lake shore —... more
Heading toward warmer weather
David and I finally got off on our 2016 warm winter weather adventure at about 2:00 on Tuesday the 7th. It was hard to leave West Lafayette as it was a... more
Firefly Lake CG
After buttoning up Steven’s cabin for the winter, we headed south on US 51 to the Northern Highland American Legion Forest. Our goal was to find a place to camp... more
Return to the Cabin in the Woods
We returned to Steven and Sarah’s cabin near Mercer to spend two nights. Steven, Wyatt, and Clay came up on Sunday, arriving around noon. We had a pizza lunch... more
Two Lakes Campground
A few more words about Two Lakes NFS CG. We took a walk around the closed sections this morning and were reminded that this is one of the nicest campgrounds we have... more
Morgan Falls
The day was sunny with clouds rolling in and out. We found a trailhead to Morgan Falls and St. Peter’s Dome off the Ashland-Bayfield Road — a dirt road that runs... more
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