REELFOOT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
Day 69 – Okay, so we didn’t float away last night, but it was pretty muddy out this morning. LOTS of birds flitting about, got the girls all excited. It must be mating season; the colors of the birds are much more brilliant than usual. If the sun shines today, we may get some really good pictures. But of course, the birds will need to be still at least for a few seconds.
Eastern Bluebird, Reelfoot Lake State Park, Tiptonville, TN
BYE ALABAMA, HELLO TENNESSEE.
Day 68 – Well, it seems we have no internet connection here. We are in Tennessee after driving from Alabama. I am not sure when this post will go through. I will write as if it’s going through daily.
233 miles, (5:20), 36027-36260
WHEELER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE – Day 2.
Day 67 – It was 33 degrees this morning & sunny when we got up. Today we went back to the NWR to drive the rest of the roads & to visit the Visitor’s Center. We packed our lunches & left the campground at 10 a.m.
WHEELER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE – Day 1.
Day 66 – At 6:30 this morning it was 41 degrees and sunny. We left for the NWR after driving through the campground to check everything out. There are 3 large loops of campsites; a few are near Lake Wheeler, all of them are in the woods and all but four sites have full hook-ups (water, electric, & sewer). The Refuge was about 45 minutes from the campground. We first drove to the Visitor’s Center. It turned out that it’s closed on Sunday & Monday. There was a gate closed & we couldn’t get in.
LIFE IN THE BIG CITY.
Day 65 – At 6:30 this morning it was 45 degrees and partly cloudy. We were up a bit early so that we got an earlier start this morning. It takes several hours to pack up, dump tanks, & leave, plus we we have a long day of driving ahead of us.
314 miles, (6:50), 35713-36027
SWEET HOME ALABAMA.
Day 64 – We’ve never camped in Alabama before, just driven through the southern part of the State going from Georgia to Mississippi to Louisiana. Now we get to add a colored sticker to the U.S. Map that shows all the States we’ve camped in. Today we’ll see a bit more of AL.
Added Aalabama
GOOD-BYE OKEFENOKEE SWAMP.
Day 63 – We’re heading into new territory today. Gonna try some different (to us) highways, campgrounds & wildlife refuges before eventually ending up at a favorite place that we wanted to revisit – Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. It was 62 degrees out at 7:30 this morning, humid & partly cloudy. We departed Stephen C. Foster State Park at 10:35 a.m. (after dumping tanks) & it was already 72 degrees, cloudy, & quite humid.
235 miles, (5:05), 35478-35713
THURSDAY, OUR LAST DAY HERE.
Day 62 – After one week at this campsite, we have to leave tomorrow. Someone else gets this campsite. It was 59 degrees and partly cloudy at 7:30 this morning. Another warming trend begins today. After all our morning chores, we went out to the tent until 1 p.m. It was getting more humid & we went inside for lunch, then chopped our vegetables up for tonight.
WEDNESDAY, RENTING A BOAT FOR OUR OWN BOAT TOUR.
Day 61 – It was partly cloudy this morning, 7:45 a.m. & 55 degrees. We decided to rent one of the small motorized boats the State Park offers so that we could go deeper into the Swamp at our own speed. We rented the boat for 4 hours & left the dock at 11:15 a.m.
TUESDAY MORNING IN THE SWAMP.
Day 60 – At 7:30 this morning it was 60 degrees, not a cloud in the sky. It rained most of last night with lightning & thunder. Alot of the campsites are flooded, but luckily there’s not many people here. We scurried about this morning getting ready for the 10 a.m. swamp boat tour.