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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 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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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 National Monument
Poverty Point World Heritage Site, LA, February 2026 Poverty Point is a State Historic Site, National Monument, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site is owned and operated by the State of Louisiana. Poverty Point is the location of a major cultural and trade center from around 1700 to 1100 BC. Archaeologists have unearthed…
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Hiking Trail Around Tyler State Park Lake
Tyler State Park, TX, February 2026 The hike around the lake trailer was approximately 3 miles long and fairly well kept. We didn’t have to duck under or climb over trees, and the trail was wide enough that we didn’t have grass, bushes, etc. rubbing against our cloths. We sprayed our cloths with DEET just…
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Mohawk Park
Tulsa, OK, February 2026 Despite the name, this is not a place you go for punk hair styles. At 3,300 acres, this is the largest park in the city of Tulsa, OK. It is also one of the largest city parks in the United States. John has started scanning paper photos from his mother’s collection…
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Outlet (Melvern) Campground
Melvern Lake, KS, November 2025 Today was a day of exploring. Whenever we see a new park or campground close to where we are staying we like to take a day trip to see if the location could be a future camping site. Today’s adventure was visiting a Corp of Engineer managed area that included…
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Amazing Sunset
Hillsdale State Park, KS, November 2025 Our current campsite has great sunset views from the living room windows. I have gone out multiple times just to enjoy and try to get a decent picture. I’ve finally succeeded at getting a good to great sunset picture. Cleo did not like being left inside. So, I put…
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Relaxation!
Hillsdale State Park, KS, November 2025 Sunday was a great day to hang out at the trailer and enjoy almost warm weather. We started the day with biscuits, bacon and egg sandwiches while watching “The Great British Sewing Bee” on Roku. When it was warm enough to enjoy the “Great Outdoors” (with no grizzly stories…