Don and Amy Kayak the Mulberry

It was a pretty day in April when Don and I decided to rent sit up on kayaks and float the Mulberry River.
The river was a little low but just about right for a kayak.  The following are some of the pictures we took on the trip.  We had a great day!



Another Spring Outing--April 5-8

April 5.
This weekend is what we call the annual "bubba float."  I drove with the camper and Don drove with the raft trailer.  We went to Mulberry mountain for camping and rafting.

It ended up a little cooler than expected but made it ok.

April 6
We rafted from Big Eddy to Campbells on the Mulberry River.  The road to Big Eddy had a lot of mud holes, I actually went Mudding!!

The weather was pretty nice, but not toasty.  We did have a fun time.  Jen was in the boat with us.

The raft trailer worked well.  We did not have to deflate the raft after the float on Saturday.

Jen drove on back to Bentonville.. Don and I had steak before driving down to group camp for campfire.

Some reasons I like Mulberry Mountain campground over group camp:
1. Electricity!!!

2. Clean bathrooms with showers, and they are heated.

We got back to camp around 11:00 pm ish.

April 7
While most of the campers left to go home, we stayed an extra day to raft another section of the river.  We went from Redding to Turner Bend.  Nice quiet float.

Then shower, dinner and social time!

April 8
Lazy morning then packed up to go home... had a fun weekend...
Following are some of the pictures from the weekend.

 

 



We had good floating weather and even saw a waterfall.  The Mulberry river is a nice river to float because it is close and relaxing.

Some Spring Adventures---2013

We had an unusually cool spring this year.  But that did not stop us from getting out and enjoying the outdoors.

March 9-12 found us camping at Long Pool campground for a few nights.  We drove to a meeting point where Don met a friend and went for a long hike.  I did not want to go so I drove the shuttle and then drove the 4 runner with PUP in tow.  I drove from the Richland Creek area to Long Pool...

I got the PUP parked and even set it up before Don got back from the hike. 

It rained that night really hard!  But the PUP stayed dry inside!  This was the first time we had camped in it during a rain storm.

With all that rain, the waterfalls were running, so on Sunday afternoon, we found a waterfall close to the camp. 

Then on Monday, Don and I went waterfall hunting in the Richland Creek area.

waterfalls close to camp

 

 

 

 

These are some of the water falls we saw on this trip.  We had a really good time on this trip.

The End of the trip

The last couple of days were rainy so we didn't get to venture out too much.  We did go out to eat and visit some of the shops around town.

 

The rained stopped just enough for us to take one last walk on the beach.

 

 

Entrance into one of the shops.

 

The Pink Pony where we ate dinner.

 Don is standing on the patio of the Pink Pony Pub.

 

A popular party place.  We did not stay long here because it was pricy!

 

 

A misty last walk on the beach!

And the water was a little cold!

 

 

 

The ocean helps to do this.  We had a great trip and didn't want to leave.

 

 

Of course it was beautiful the day we had to leave!

 

 

 

 

 

This is what we came home to.  We traded sand for snow!



Adventures outside Gulf Shores continued.......

The plan this day was to take the Ferry across Mobile Bay to Dauphin Island.  However, when we were driving towards the Ferry, we saw that is was closed.  We then decided to drive the long way around to the island by way of Mobile.  This took us about 3 hours, but it was a pretty and interesting drive... We are sure hoping the the ferry will be open by the time we are ready to leave the island.

Entering Mobile...

 

Driving down one of the tree lined streets of Mobile.

 

We are getting ready to cross this bridge out to Dauphin Island.

We rode our bikes across the island to this beach.  Pretty day, but a little windy.

They have a nice bike trail and path to follow.

 

This is one of the Beach houses on the island.

 

A look at the beach.  Some people were fishing here but I don't think they were catching much.

 

Don and his bike. He flying the razorback colors!

 

After getting back to the car, we find out that the ferry is running so we can take the 45 minute ride across the bay instead of driving the 3 hours back to Gulf Shores YEA!!!

 

Riding on a ferry across a bay is a fun way to travel.  The cars are really packed onto the deck.  Of course, we get out of the car during the crossing.

 

 

This seagull wants a ride to the other side of the bay!

 

This interesting little boat came along side the ferry while docked before the crossing.

 

A view of the fort as the ferry is leaving the island.

 

 

This is the bridge from the mainland to the island that we crossed earlier in the day.

 

A view of one of the oil rigs in the gulf... This was a busy place.

 

 

Seagulls follow the boat across the bay.  Could they be looking for a handout???

 

This is a view of housing at Fort Morgan as we approach land.  It was then only a short drive to our little house in Gulf Shores.  We had a great day!

 

 

A beautiful ending to a fun day!