out of LA through AK and into TX to see Pamela

Some shots of Pamela at a petting zoo and the pumpkin she picked and we carved together









Pamela with her mom Jackie and new step dad Ed.


Arkansas sunrise
one of the many bayou's across Louisiana

across Mississippi and into Louisiana

I have shared many signs we have seen along the way, but this is on we really paid attention to. this is usually an open trail for hikers.
This is a good view of the teeth of one of our fellow swimmers. He was eating a cracker I tossed him.
This guy decided the cracker was to far away (my toss was off) and I was close enough for him to have a second look at. However, I can move fairly fast to get back in the truck when necessary. "No Barbie Que lunch today"
this lagoon has several smaller gators in it. We counted at least 8 of them. This was on Avery Island and they apparently are accustomed to being fed. They all came when we got out of the truck and when we got back in the truck they all swam away.

Avery Island has a neat little park like area built buy McIlhenny,Tabasco sauce. he bought this Buddha as the plaque shows to save it and erected a building for it.
This bird is just one of the many on the island. He saved the snowy egret and established an area here for a sanctuary as well.
this is a low 9ft clearance covered road of wisteria.
one of the many fields of sugar cane that is grown in the area.
we are privileged too have some of the most beautiful sunsets
beautiful old oak tree draped in moss
a couple shots of Mangrove trees in the bayous


looking across Avery Island with hanging moss.
some shots into Mississippi and on to Louisiana


The Henderson Swamp - it was on both sides of the highway as far as you could see.

Alabama the last of the states in the continental US

We added Alabama as the last state in the continental USA
we visited Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island below is the sign and anchor from the USS Hartford

Part of a very old shipwreck washed up in a hurricane.



there is a blacksmith working daily making all sorts of things just as they would have back in the civil war days.
he made this leave as we watched and talked with him.
One of these days I just may leave Bil in jail -since he finds them so intriguing.
the sign below describes the latrine and shows how it was used and how it was used.

a look at the back side of the fort form the inside

the bridge to Dauphin Island as we approached it.
a side shot of the bridge - rather impressive.
We found some houses that sat on the edge of the water -they lived on the top as usually in this hurricane area has to be above ground and no one living on the bottom.
the houses from the side show just how big they are. But at least they could say they lived on the water.

Ruskin & Panacea Fl

This is some of the hurricane damage along the coast.
When you build on the beach and the hurricane comes you can end up without a driveway to get the garage. If you look close or double click you can see right through the house as the front part is missing.
there was a monarch butterfly season going on in Florida as the great migration of them to the area as shown by the 2 photos below.



different type signs are found around Florida.
This is just one of many docks damaged in a hurricane. This one was in the campground we stayed at.
Bil caught an eel, of course he did not keep it, but who wants to touch them.
Sunset from our Panacea Campground. They were beautiful nightly.
A walk down the beach took us under the road for a little shade.

there are numerous areas in Florida with wild palm trees that look like carpets under larger trees.
There is a hazard on the golf courses in Florida that you don't find in other parts of the country. This one was in a pond in which we had earlier seen golfers trying to fish out a ball with a long pole.
We took a trip to the Sebring race track.
You sure do not want to pick up a hitchhiker in Florida. They utilize their prisoners to the fullest.
We saw them doing construction as well as picking up trash along roadways.