Driving Around the Refuge

 We took a drive around part of the refuge today to see what we could find.

Our first find was this 10-12 ft alligator near the road.

I'm sure that the locals aren't nearly as impressed with these as us Iowans are.

Next we spotted a large group of small alligators 2-3 ft.

We watched them for quite awhile, there were as many as 12 in the group at one time.

Most of them headed off into the water, bet they were still watching us.

We stopped at the local library yesterday and they gave us a library card, so now we have some books to read. I am reading some about the local history of the area. Very interesting!

San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge

We spent 4 nights at an RV park on the beach in Waveland, MS. One day was spent hitting some stores and the rest of the time we just relaxed. Of course we had to go to Tony’s for a plate of Knock Knock oysters.

The weather was beautiful, so we took a couple of walks on the beach.

A couple of mornings we were able to watch this pair of eagles in a tree near the motorhome.

On Sunday we drove over to Lake Charles, LA and overnighted in a Walmart parking lot. Today we drove on to our winter destination, San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge. So far, it looks like a great place. This guy crossed our path when we were walking.

Meridian, MS

This morning we left Carrollton and are headed toward our winter volunteer job in Texas. It’s always hard to leave family and friends and head on down the road, but we will be back again. We had a great time while we were there and were able to do a few fixit projects for Mom while we were there. One good thing about leaving Georgia —no more campaign commercials! The election isn’t over there until the Senate runoff.

Mom’s deck after some new paint and stain.

Tonight we are staying at the Bonita Lake RV park in Meridian, MS. We are planning to be in Waveland, MS tomorrow night.

Carrollton, GA

Note: I wrote this post back around October 17 and just found it here on my phone.

Yesterday we stopped for the night in Gadsden, AL. We have stayed there in the Niccalula Falls Rv park many times before when visiting Janice’s sister there. Her sister and brother in law are visiting their daughter and grandkids in Texas right now, so we didn’t get to see them this time. We enjoyed a nice catfish supper at the Top of the River restaurant. 

Today we drove over to the Jellystone RV Park near Bremen, GA where we will be for the next month visiting Janice’s relatives near here.

Janice was finally able to give her mom the quilt that she made for her.