Category: Alabama

  • Social distancing and hiking

    Social Distancing and Hiking

    I hope everyone is doing well under these unprecedented circumstances. Exploring the outdoors is a luxury in this interim norm of restricted travel and self-isolating. Although perhaps a paradox at...

  • RV parked at Lake Guntersville State Park

    Fulltime RVing Amid Coronavirus

    I hope everyone is well. I was previously at Chickasabogue County Park Campground in Mobile, Alabama. When the Habitat for Humanity builds were suspended, I intended to stay put and...

  • Brad Saum, at Lake Guntersville State Park

    Lake Guntersville State Park

    I stumbled on Lake Guntersville State Park a year ago when I was southbound with the polar vortex nipping at my heels. It proved a great escape then, and it...

  • Clanton, Alabama

    Quirky Clanton

    Between Birmingham and Montgomery is quirky Clanton, Alabama. Quirky in a mediocre sense. There was an attempt to create a reason to exit off I-65, but nothing truly exciting to...

  • Brad Saum at Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama

    Mardi Gras Mobile Style

    It was a cold and breezy start to Fat Tuesday in the city where the Mardi Gras parades started – Mobile, Alabama. The long history of celebrating in Mobile dates...

  • Brad Saum at Dexter Ave Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

    A Bus Ride

    A forest fire starts with just a small spark. However, if the weather, wind, and humidity is just right and there are dry grasses, shrubs and trees nearby, that one...

  • Brad Saum

    One Monk’s Passion

    While it is interesting to see roadside oddities, I am equally intrigued by the personal stories behind these pursuits of passion. The Ave Maria Grotto at the St. Bernard Abbey...

  • A screw in my RV tire.

    Spring Fixes

    With the sun shining and the windows open, the mild Alabama weather feels like spring is in the air. During the cold and snow I had been making a list...

  • Bald eagle soaring at Lake Guntersville State Park in Alabama

    Soaring

    Stumbling around with minimal plans occasionally landed me in the middle of a great little adventure. I had headed south with the Polar Vortex on my heels without any specific...

  • Lake Guntersville State Park in Alabama.

    Enough Cold Already

    The northerly wind blasted across the wide open surface of the lake gradually rolling the water into waves. The whitecaps collapsed as they approached the shore splashing into the rocks...