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Pine Beach Trail at Bon Secour
Distance: 3.5 miles (out-and-back) Drive from Mobile: About one hour and 20 minutes to Fort Morgan Road This trail's half-way point is a...
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Jan 18, 20213 min read
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Rattlesnake Ridge, Rosemary Dunes & Catman Road
Length: 3.2-6.1 miles (out-and-back or loop, your choice). Distance from Mobile: About an hour and 15 minutes Legend has it that a...
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Jan 3, 20213 min read
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Meaher State Park
Length: 0.8 mile out-and-back trail that you can add another 1.4 miles to via the woods and/or a walk to the beach. Pick up a map at the...
philips923
Dec 28, 20202 min read
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Blackwater State Park to Alligator Creek
Distance: 7 miles (out-and-back) Drive from Mobile: About an hour and 30 minutes via Interstate 10 We had been eyeing Blackwater River...
philips923
Dec 26, 20203 min read
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Longleaf Pine Treasure Forest Loop at Langan Park
Distance: 0.9 mile (loop) Location: In the heart of Mobile/Spring Hill, off Zeigler Boulevard We have walked on the sidewalks and around...
philips923
Dec 20, 20202 min read
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Explore Louisiana's bayous while camping at Fontainebleau State Park
We'd been paddling our kayaks for about 45 minutes when my husband swiftly turned his around and started heading back upriver. "I see a...
philips923
Dec 16, 20203 min read
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Itinerary: Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota National Parks Trip
We were able to visit some of our bucket list national parks this summer as we took two full weeks off work and committed to driving two...
philips923
Dec 16, 20204 min read
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Lucedale Greenway Preserve Nature Trail
Distance: 1 mile (loop) with option to add 2 miles Drive from Mobile: 45 minutes If you want to take a Sunday ride in the country - as we...
philips923
Dec 14, 20203 min read
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Beaver Pond at Blakeley State Park
Distance: 0.7 miles (loop) Drive from Mobile: About 25 minutes We have been to Blakeley State Park many times over the years and have...
philips923
Nov 11, 20202 min read
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Splinter Hill Bog
Length: 2.3 miles (out and back with a loop) Drive from Mobile: About 40 minutes Who wouldn't want to walk among plants that eat bugs?...
philips923
Nov 11, 20202 min read
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Muddy Creek
Length: 2.3 miles (loop) Drive from Mobile: About 20 minutes Continuing our quest to find the best local hiking trail, we explored the...
philips923
Nov 7, 20202 min read
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Gulf Islands National Seashore Trail (Mississippi)
Length: 2.5 miles, out and back (but you can make it about 3 miles by adding in the loops to the observation decks) Drive from Mobile:...
philips923
Oct 17, 20203 min read
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Glenn Sebastian Nature Trail
Length: 0.5 miles to 3 miles worth of loop trails Location: On the University of South Alabama campus If you're looking for a great...
philips923
Oct 11, 20203 min read
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Village Point Preserve
Length: 1.4 miles (out and back) Drive from Mobile: About 25 minutes With COVID-19 limiting our weekend and extra-curricular activities,...
philips923
Oct 4, 20202 min read
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No hot dogs when we camp
People have asked, "What do you eat while you camp?" Honestly, we eat well. Here are some of our favorite meals we've cooked while...
philips923
Jul 28, 20202 min read
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Badlands
We only spent a couple of hours in The Badlands. But it was a few hours that we will never forget. This national park is easy to access...
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Jul 12, 20202 min read
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Mount Rushmore
It took 400 workers 14 years to carve the faces of presidents Washington, Jefferson, (Theodore) Roosevelt, and Lincoln on Mount Rushmore....
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Jul 9, 20202 min read
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Devil's Tower
You may recognize this odd natural formation from the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind (filmed here as well as in our hometown of...
philips923
Jul 8, 20201 min read
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Glacier
I've never seen rivers and creeks so blue and forests so dense as what we found at Glacier National Park. The Crown of the Continent, as...
philips923
Jul 6, 20202 min read
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Yellowstone
Only 18 miles separated our campsite in Grand Teton from Yellowstone National Park, yet Yellowstone seems like it is in a completely...
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Jul 2, 20203 min read
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