Dauphin Island, Alabama
Jan. 6th, 2014 11:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
box_camera...is where I spent my holidays. When Granny died in April, Mom decided she wanted to spend the first Christmas without her away from home. She and Phil have been going there for weekends for a few years now, but I've never been. Anyway, they rented a house that was like 3 minutes walk to the Gulf of Mexico, it was nice. It's not warm this time of year of course, but I don't mind the cold. And I like beach towns in the off season, although Mom says it's pretty quiet even in summer. It doesn't have any major touristy draws, it mostly attracts people who either have a boat or just want to spend time near the ocean. Mom and Phil closed on a condo while we were there, so maybe I'll see more of it. It's not too bad of a drive, we left at 10:30 and got there about 4:00.
I shot some film, but these are just digital shots.
I found this at one of the cemeteries on the island, propped against a tree.
I found this beach out at the end of the island, it had a lot of tree trunks with the roots exposed. I think Hurricane Ivan probably eroded that end of the island and pushed the beach up into what had been a stand of trees. Barrier islands are pretty unstable and really don't last any time at all, in geological terms.
There's an Audubon bird trail that leads to a little lake. Apparently Dauphin Island is the only place in Alabama that John James Audubon drew birds, although he drew them all over south Louisiana.
Driftwood macro.
New Year's Day was our last full day, we had incredible skies. You can see some of the natural gas platforms in the distance. At night they're lit up and actually look quite pretty. Anyway, as long as they're not oil--no tar balls washing up on the beach.
I shot some film, but these are just digital shots.
I found this at one of the cemeteries on the island, propped against a tree.
I found this beach out at the end of the island, it had a lot of tree trunks with the roots exposed. I think Hurricane Ivan probably eroded that end of the island and pushed the beach up into what had been a stand of trees. Barrier islands are pretty unstable and really don't last any time at all, in geological terms.
There's an Audubon bird trail that leads to a little lake. Apparently Dauphin Island is the only place in Alabama that John James Audubon drew birds, although he drew them all over south Louisiana.
Driftwood macro.
New Year's Day was our last full day, we had incredible skies. You can see some of the natural gas platforms in the distance. At night they're lit up and actually look quite pretty. Anyway, as long as they're not oil--no tar balls washing up on the beach.
