A clear, Sunny, Breezy and coolish day (60F)
We decided to take a trip to BonSecour, a State wildlife refuge on the Gulf Shore. We drove south to about a mile before the coast then west for about 12 miles.
We found the refuge welcome centre, looked at the maps and chose a walk. The walk started a couple of miles from the centre so we decided to drive to the end of the road first. The geography of the area is like a H lying on its side running east- west. The small line running north-south is the main highway that continues northwards. South of the H is the Gulf of Mexico, between the the two bars are a couple of lagoons and north of the H is a waterway… confused?
The end of the road led to a car ferry that crossed the southern end of Mobile Bay and also housed an old fort, probably to keep the Brits out of Mobile. I was surprised at the number of oil drilling platforms just off the coast, both to the north and south of us. The other thing that has be surprising has been the fact that there is no evidence of last years massive oil spill (unless you count a large bill board at the side of the road inviting clean up workers who may have after effects from their work to contact a particular law firm)
After watching the waves for a while we headed back to the walk around the wildlife area. We had high hopes of seeing a multitude of wild life in their natural habitat, we were highly disappointed. The sum total of animals was 5 ducks, 1 seagull, 1 pelican, a 3″ lizard and an unidentified bird 🙁
At least we got some exercise on the 2 mile walk.