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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…
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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 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.…
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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 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…