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The Birds
Selma, NC, May 2026 This is not the Alfred Hitchcock version, but it feels a little like it when the flock of Canada Geese comes flapping, swimming, and waddling straight at you. The RV park we stayed at in Selma, North Pointe RV Resort, had a large pond beside it with ducks and geese. (The…
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That Tortoise Might Beat the Hare …
Reed Bingham State Park, GA, April 2026 … but, we will get to that in a minute. John had planned to try to get pictures of the Eastern Towhee near the campground Saturday morning, and Kate stayed back at the RV to clean and pack. Sadly, the joggers and park staff driving Gators around scared…
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Howell Landing and River Road Bridge
Howell Landing, FL, April 2026 Not a mile past the park entrance, there is a public boat ramp and small bridge. The people in the tiny kayaks fleeing the alligator said that there should be more over here. There is a decent sized parking lot for the trucks and boat trailers, the boat ramp, and…
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Hiking Three Rivers State Park
Three Rivers State Park, FL, April 2026 The first day, we checked out Florida Caverns State Park to see if we made a mistake by not staying there. (Spoiler Alert: We did not make a mistake.) The second day, we drove the shorter route to the next park to make sure it was acceptable for…
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Howell’s Bay
Snead, GA, April 2026 We were talking to strangers by the lake at Three Rivers State Park who told us that the bridge 1 mile up had a lot of gators. We hiked back to the trailer, ate lunch and then went in search for the Florida gators. We were told correctly and saw a…
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Would you like Moorehens or Less Hens?
Three Rivers State Park, FL, April 2026 At Three Rivers State Park, the campground loop is not very big. It only has 31 campsites, and that might include the ones used by the camp hosts. It is on (an alligator infested) Lake Seminole. The hosts warn you that there is no swimming in the lake,…
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McMillan Fort Morgan Fishing Pier
Fort Morgan, AL, March 2026 After the hikes and beach, Kate did not feel like there was a need to tour Fort Morgan. John felt like they should go to the Fort Morgan end of the peninsula to take a picture, since we drove all this way already. Kate concurred, so we went to the…
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Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Hike
Gasque, AL, April 2026 The lady at the visitor center wanted to know if we wanted to see song birds or shore birds. John said that he did not care how certain the birds were. He was fine with shore birds or unshore birds. He doesn’t think the lady understood the joke. She told us…
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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…