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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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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…
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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…
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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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Would you buy food from a Salvage Store?
Folsom, LA, March 2026 Each time we drove to Covington, Louisiana, we passed by “The Salvage Store”. The store always had cars in front of it. To me this means it is well-liked by the locals and a good place to stop. Usually, I would think of mixing the words salvage and food is not…
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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…