Dauphin Island Trip

We rode down to Dauphin Island last Sunday afternoon. The boys took their friend, Bennett. It was a nice, warm day (gotta love Coastal Alabama in February!) and the kids actually got in the water. A friendly guy with a cast net gave us some fresh mullet, so we came home and fried it up for dinner along with cheese grits! The boys had a great time.

Bennett and Gaines balancing on a log.

Trying to pull it into the ocean takes a lot of effort.

As Sand Island has moved, the fishing pier is not too effective...

Whoa!



Loco!

Gaines - holding still for about 1 second.

Andrew showing dad a shell.

Trying to get some nice shots of each boy.

How's this for closeup?

Thanks to Kristin Smith for letting me borrow her wonderful camera!

Elberta

My Grandmother, Olive Keller, lives in Elberta. We went to visit her over the Christmas holidays. She lives on a dirt road near the main highway. Here's her property.

There are cotton fields behind her house.

She loves to garden and used to grow many vegetables. Here is a satsuma tree in her yard. The boys enjoyed getting to pick "as many as they wanted".