Category: Alabama
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...