Maeher State Park, Alabama

Sunrise at the boat ramp

Sunrise at the boat ramp, who is in the shadow?

Sunrise at the boat ramp

I can't identify these ducks because they are silhouetted, but when they swim, their heads bob foreword and vertical.

Boardwalk at Maeher state park, looking at I10

Mobile skyling and bird taking off. I am not sure what kind of bird, my impression was a heron.

Mobile skyline

Red winged blackbird

A tempting entrance

 

Maeher State Park, Alabama

We got to stay here on our second night of our 2021 Florida trip. Our first night was boondocking in a parking lot across from the mechanic fixing our truck. It was not a bad night. It was peaceful. We had internet so got to watch videos and our battery held our refrigerator.

We had a long drive to get from our boondocking spot to our reservation at Meaher State park. We arrived right at dusk. The office manager had called us earlier in the day and given us the gate code, so we were able to get in and pull into our pull through site and had our full hook-ups connect in five minutes. We walked to the bay to catch the last color of the sunset.

The following morning we got up early and watched the sunrise light at the boat ramp. I then went exploring and found a beautiful boardwalk that looped out over the bay and was able to see the sunrise for real. From that boardwalk, you would also be able to see the sunset over the Mobile sky line. There were a lot of birds around the boardwalk. I really enjoyed this walk.

Across the street from our campsite was another trail head. It looked like it meandered through the tall pine woods. I didn't hike these trails because we had to hit the road.

This is a great campground. It makes a great overnight stop, but you can spend quite a long time here also. There is a nearby town with everything you could want, you could explore Mobile. You could hike, boat, canoe, fish, or just sit and watch the birds.