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Dauphin Island Birds
Dauphin Island, AL, March 2026 This is an extension of the exploration post with more of the bird photos and videos. The first Snowy Egret did a fair amount of hoping from rock to rock. A few times, it got in a little too deep and the waves tossed it around. There is a video…
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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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Chickasaboque Park Campground
Mobile, AL, March 2026 Chickasabogue Park campground has recently been updated to be similar to Escatawpa Hollow Park and Campground. The RV section had all new cement RV pads and black top parking spaces for the vehicles. The cement pads were not as long as Escatawpa (40 feet). The campground area had a lot 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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Chickasabogue Hike
Chickasabogue Park, AL, March 2026 We did not want to drive too far, but we wanted to get out and do something. We decided to go back to Chickasabogue Park and hike a trail. On a random note, this park is not pronounced like Bogue Chitto. The Choctaw influenced pronunciation rhymes with “Yoga”. Louisiana is…
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How well do you throw buns?
Lambert’s Cafe, Alabama, March 2026 Food Fight!!! Wait, not quite – throw me a bun please. I might catch it or miss. The bun will fly past and hit someone else in the head. What a way to make going out to eat fun and tasty at the same time. Robert, Glenda, John and I…
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Hood’s Ducks
Hood’s Outdoor Center, Alabama, March 2026 Anyone who has ever driven with Kate (especially when she is the driver) knows she can’t resist large roadside attractions. Even if this means slamming on the breaks and turning around. In this case, the attraction was ducks of all colors and sized between medium to huge! Best part…
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Yeti Another Sasquatch Selfie
Foley, AL, March 2026 The pun was so bad that Kate made John post it on another page.
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Holey Toad!
Escatawpa Hollow State Park, Alabama, March 2026 Literally! John took MacKie out for some sun, and his cat became fixated on something. It turned out to be a 6 inch brown lizard. It was the correct size for an Anole Chameleon, but it looked wrong in the coloring. After putting MacKie back inside, John went…