Tag: John

  • Hiking Three Rivers State Park Part 2 – Selfies

    Three River State Park, FL, April 2026 Part 1 was all about the animals. This is all about the selfies and information boards. When we left the trailer, I was surprised to see a dead bird next to our power station. After looking around, I found feather splatted on our bedroom slide. The dead bird…

  • Enjoying the Great Outdoors

    Hillsdale State Park, KS, Oct 2025 Hillsdale State Park in Kansas has some beautiful full hookup cement pad sites. We had plenty of room to put out the bug tent and take the cats outdoors. Both the cats and us had a great time. Before the tent went up. We put the tent up so…

  • 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…

  • Bon Secour Beach

    Bon Secour Wildlife Refuge, AL, April 2026 After hiking, we ate and went to the beach. On the way to the beach, we had to pass the sand dunes. The dunes were probably as tall me and home to the local mice population. We did not see mice but did see holes in the sand.…

  • 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…

  • How many hours does a cat sleep per day?

    Wilmer, Alabama, March 2026 We have been watching the series “My Cat from Hell” starring Jackson Galaxy the cat behaviorist. The goal of Jackson is to help family keep their cat that they feel is out of control. Fortunately, we do not have out of control cats. The biggest issue is Mackie getting bored and…

  • 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 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…