We spent a week on Dauphin Island in Alabama at the campground there. This large campground had space for over 100 campers and was almost filled with snowbirds. The license plates were from Michigan, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Kentucky and New York, along with a sprinkling from Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Some of the couples told us that they'd been wintering there for up to 13 years. The recreation room provided a large kitchen, fireplace, books, and games. Mardi Gras parades passed in front of the campground last weekend and this weekend.
It was a beautiful place, with a half mile of sugar sand beach and adjoining the 164 acre Audubon Bird Sanctuary. We walked miles of trails each day, along the beach and through the wooded sanctuary, following paths through wetlands and around the lake. Trawlers and luggers brought in fresh fish, crab, shrimp and oysters to the dock near us.. The local seafood market sells the freshly opened oysters and peeled crabmeat and will steam your shrimp for you.
The only downfall was the lack of internet access. I have to do something about that soon! I have a lot of catching up to do.