Life Is A Beach…

October 9th, 2006
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Photo by Glynn Wilson
If you have not been to the Alabama Gulf Coast in October, you are missing the best time of year. Life here is a beach now when you can find a secluded spot behind the Flora-Bama without so many tourists and thier kids cluttering up the place, not so many rednecks drinking Budweiser along the Redneck Riviera.

Gulf Fritillary Butterflies Fool Monarch Novices

October 9th, 2006
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Photo by Glynn Wilson
A Gulf Fritillary butterfly, agraulis vanillae, may fool novices looking for the migratory Monarch butterflies, feeding along the Gulf Coast every fall on their way to Mexico…

Blogging From A Beach Bar…

October 9th, 2006
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Photo by Glynn Wilson
Now this is a scene made for blogging, a free wireless Internet connection behind the bar in the lobby of the Perdido Beach Resort near the Alabama-Florida line. Now all we need is a live cam and audio link…

Waking Up To The Fog…

September 30th, 2006
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Photo by Glynn Wilson
There’s nothing like waking up in the woods with the fog hanging thick on the water after camping out in the early days of fall in the American South. You know the ‘Dog Days’ of summer are about over for another year.