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Dauphin Island Exploration
Dauphin Island, AL, March 2026 The original island name was “Massacre Island” because in 1600s a French explorer found the island with piles of Native American skeletal remains. It turns out the remains were due to a hurricane breaking open a burial mound. Later, the island was renamed to Isle Dauphine to honor Dauphine of…
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Dauphin Island Audubon Bird Sanctuary Part 2
Dauphin Island, AL, March 2026 Part 1 has the experience including the wonderful directional maps and commentary on the path we took. Part 2 is the selfie path (Kate’s favorite pastime) The first selfie was taken in the wooded area where the prescribed burn occurred. The next on the pier where we saw the blue…
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Dauphin Island Audubon Bird Sanctuary
Dauphin Island, AL, March 2026 Along with the Mississippi and Florida Gulf Shores, we planned to visit Dauphin Island one day during this stay in Alabama. John thought we were going to Dolphin Island, so he was disappointed that the only Dolphins were decorations. He thinks that the dolphin decorations were added to appease disgruntled…
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Would you buy food from a Salvage Store?
Folsom, LA, March 2026 Each time we drove to Covington, Louisiana, we passed by “The Salvage Store”. The store always had cars in front of it. To me this means it is well-liked by the locals and a good place to stop. Usually, I would think of mixing the words salvage and food is not…
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Best View of the Mississippi in Mississippi!
Vicksburg, MS, March 2026 We were traveling from Poverty Point State Park in Louisiana to Bogue Chitto State Park in Louisiana. We focus on taking interstate routes which ensure no issues with underpass heights being too low since our trailer height is 13 1/2 feet. To stay on the interstate, we traveled through Mississippi and…
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Davis Bayou Area Part 2
Gulf Islands National Seashore, MS, March 2026 Since I missed adding my selfies before the first David Bayou Area post went up, I decided another post needed to be added. I forgot my phone that attaches to my scope today which is the reason for no scope pictures. Mostly landscapes and selfies. First picture was…
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Davis Bayou Area
Gulf Islands National Seashore, MS, March 2026 You can tell it is a national park because the name is so long – Gulf Islands National Seashore: Davis Bayou Area. Also, it has national in the name. There area multiple areas of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, including Florida, near Pensacola, and barrier islands. There is…
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Alabama Welcome Center
March 2026 I absolutely love going to Welcome to Centers. They usually have tons of tourist brochures on must see places. The Alabama Welcome Center was no different. The building had artwork outside. My favorite was the turtle filled with plastic bottles. A reminder that plastic bottles that end up in the sea are endanger…
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Poverty Point Marina Store
Poverty Point State Park, LA, February 2026 Poverty Point State Park has so many amenities like many fishing piers, fish cleaning facilities, parking and picnic areas. On top of this, the park has a large well-maintained marina with a store. The back of the store next to the minnow tubs had information related to native…
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Poverty Point Parkway and Lower Jackson Mound
Poverty Point Parkway, LA, February 2026 John had glimpsed something about the Jackson Mound that made is sound impressive, so we planned to stop by it today. We had passed it going to the Poverty Point National Monument, so we knew where it was. We drove the Poverty Point Parkway to check for birds going…