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