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 April 16, 2016

Slowing Down On Dauphin Island

We’ve been talking for a long time about slowing down our travels. In a couple of months, we’ll have been on the road fulltime for three years. Since we pulled out of our hometown of Ashland, Oregon in June of 2013, we’ve put 52,000 miles on our truck. At least half of that has been […]

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Categories : Alabama, Musings, Travel
Tags : Dauphin Island, Dauphin Island Campground
 February 10, 2016

One Night Stands: Making A Beeline South

We don’t like one-night stands. They’re too much trouble for too little return. But sometimes, we just have to do it. I’m talking about our travels, of course. (You knew that, right?) Everyone who travels finds his or her unique pace. We’ve met people who stay a month or longer everywhere they go. (The longer […]

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Categories : Alabama, Mississippi, Musings, Travel
Tags : Lake Eufala, Oak Mountain State Park, Ross Prairie State Forest Campground, Sabal Palm RV Resort, White Oak Creek Park COE
 April 27, 2014

It’s Raining Birds!

We’ve always wanted to experience the spring migration of songbirds along the Gulf Coast. Eric was interested in adding new species to his life list. I was fascinated by tales of multitudes of brightly colored birds dotting the landscape like Easter eggs. During the first week of April, our wish came true. We stayed for […]

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Categories : Alabama, Travel
Tags : Bob Sargent, Dauphin Island, Fort Morgan, Gulf State Park, Hummer Bird Study Group
 December 7, 2013

Moving Along

Inaively thought that given a year to travel, we would never feel rushed. But the first week of November, in the middle of Texas, we looked at each other and said, “We need to get rolling.” We had reservations for the Keys starting mid-November, but first, we wanted to spend a week with my folks […]

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Categories : Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Travel
Tags : Austin, Continental Club, Frank Brown Songwriter's Festival, Frog Pond at Blue Moon Farm, Grayton Beach State Park, Pecan Grove RV Park

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