Wildlife Along the Hennepin Canal Near Sheffield, Illinois

July 15, 2023 I am sharing pictures of flowers and animals I have seen around the Hennepin Canal. The oriole was very orange, but came out yellow in the picture. I worked hard to get a picture of the oriole and was disappointed that the color wasn’t right.

Checking Out the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma

May 27, 2023 After our hike in the morning, Nox was tired and just wanted to rest with all her toys. I wanted to go see the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, which is next to the Great Salt Plains Lake State Park. Bruce and I left Nox behind in the air conditioned RV since […]

Cypress Island Preserve, East of Lafayette, Louisiana

May 13, 2023 Yesterday, Bruce was wondering if there was something I wanted to do. I suggested the Cypress Island Preserve. The Cypress Island Preserve is part of The Nature Conservancy organization. https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/cypress-island/. It is 9,500 acres of cypress-tupelo swamp and bottomland hardwood forest habitat. I suggested we go in the truck due to the […]

Wildlife in Frog City RV Park, Louisiana

May 10, 2023 The dog park and the field behind the pavilion is full of crawfish chimneys or mounds. Some of the chimneys/mounds have been closed off by the crawfish. When I looked up what the crawfish towers were called, I found they were not called towers, but chimneys or mounds. The more authoritative sources […]

Blythe Island Bunnies at Night

February 16, 2023 On February 10 (Friday), we headed back to Blythe Island from Jekyll Island after visiting with my father-in-law. I wanted to see the harbor lights across the South Brunswick River from the pier at the marina in Blythe Island Regional Park. Bruce drove to the pier area and parked the truck. We […]

Another Section of the Columbus Georgia Riverwalk

December 10, 2022 On Thursday (December 8), we decided to see another section of the Riverwalk. It was south of Hemlock Park and had parking right along the Riverwalk. We had no trouble parking the truck as the small parking lot was empty. This was a rather interesting section of the Riverwalk. It is right […]

Cooper Creek Park in Columbus, Georgia

November 20, 2022 Yesterday (November 19), the weather was nice, so we took advantage by exploring Cooper Creek Park. It is at the Cooper Creek Reservoir. We came into the park by the tennis courts. One of the colleges in the area uses the facilities for their tennis teams. The tennis courts are beautiful. There […]

Campsite Visitor

November 1, 2022 I looked out the campsite kitchen window and saw this!

Victoria Day Use Area on Lake Allatoona in Georgia

October 24, 2022 Since the day use area is just down the road from the Victoria Campground, we decided to walk over to it and check it out while we were staying at the Victoria Campground. We took the road to the left first. It ends in boat ramps and parking for boat trailers. It […]

Back from the Doctor

August 24, 2022 On Monday (August 22), Bruce drove me to Effingham, IL for my doctor’s appointment. We had decided to camp in Indianapolis, since we wanted to go either east or south. Taking the entire rig to the Effingham area would not be cost efficient. We took Nox along with us and she happily […]