Living off of Dauphin Island Parkway on “The Peninsula,” I’m constantly having “Dorothy moments” almost three years in. We’re not in Midtown anymore.
With the particularly wet weather we’ve had so far this spring, I’ve enjoyed watching a tremendous amount of turtle activity near the bay. The vast majority of it comes from little box turtles who act like they forgot an important meeting and just go charging across Bay Front or Terrell roads for whatever turtle-specific reason.
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