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  • Azalea Festival

    Semmes, AL, March 2026 I love going to small town festivals especially when they include retail booths. The Azalea Festival was held in Semmes, Alabama at the high school parking area. The festival included a stage for local school and group performances, Jeep Show, dog adoption area, blood drive bus, local business booths, craft and…

  • Alabama has Alligators too

    River Delta Marina, AL, March 2026 Kate saw it last year. We both saw it this year. Alabama has Alligators too. When we stopped at the marina, it was hiding from the Paparazzi at the end of the pond. They certainly blend in well. Kate lost track of him and could not find him again.…

  • Bon Secour National Wildlife Reserve Visitor Center

    Gasque, AL, April 2026 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…

  • They Are So Cold Blooded …

    Escatawpa Hollow State Park, AL, March 2026 … because they are amphibians and reptiles. There is a depression behind site 4. If it rains enough, it fills with water. When we got here, it was pretty full, but it dried up to mud. We realized there were tadpoles in it about week two, so we…

  • Game Night with the Andersons

    Mobile, AL, March 2026 Marsha and I have been talking about visiting and things to do. We finally decided on Supper and Game Night. The game was Chickenfoot Dominos. What I’ve learned is that there are many different ways to play Chickenfoot. For instance, dominos are mixed and all dominos are evenly split between the…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…