Kate wanted to get a cancel stamp at Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, so we planned a visit on Thursday. The drive from the campground is about two hours because you have to drive around Mobile and then south to the shore. The cancel stamp is at the visitor center, but the parking area is under construction. The visitor center is small, but it is packed with stuff.

There are several bird taxonomy displays.

Sadly, we saw very few of those today. They also had an abundance of skeletons and skulls.

You could also play the bird version of “Who’s Your Daddy?”

There was a small sea turtle mounted on the wall. We think the Pacific Green Sea Turtle was the one we saw in the Galapagos, and the ones we saw were close to 40 inches and 350 pounds.

There were the expected educational posters that you see in many places.

As well as a “Sea Bean” plaque, but it does not explain what a “Sea Bean” is. Google claims that there are two definitions. One definition is a hard and buoyant seed that drifts from the tropics and wash up on beaches. This appears to be the one for the plaque. The “True Sea Bean” is probably the other one. It is a succulent salt marsh plant that produces a crunchy salty green similar to asparagus.

A list of animals seen in April.

And of course, the map of the trails. After talking to the park representative, we decided to walk the Chan West Pine Beach and Gator Lake trails.

Stay tuned; there is more to come.