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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…
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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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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…
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Davis Bayou Area Part 2
Gulf Islands National Seashore, MS, March 2026 Since I missed adding my selfies before the first David Bayou Area post went up, I decided another post needed to be added. I forgot my phone that attaches to my scope today which is the reason for no scope pictures. Mostly landscapes and selfies. First picture was…
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Davis Bayou Area
Gulf Islands National Seashore, MS, March 2026 You can tell it is a national park because the name is so long – Gulf Islands National Seashore: Davis Bayou Area. Also, it has national in the name. There area multiple areas of the Gulf Islands National Seashore, including Florida, near Pensacola, and barrier islands. There is…