Hello out there -

We spend 2 nights on Dauphin Island, AL. smack dab on the Gulf of Mexico.  As it turns out,  the island was the first capital of the Louisiana Territory.  It's a small, quiet vacation spot with a few great seafood restaurants and the weather was just perfect while we were there.  Our group was divided into groups of 5 who shared a couple of condos, which was fun.  Here are a few pics.

We rode down to the other end of Dauphin Island to a fabulous bird sanctuary on our rest day and were rewarded with a sighting of a pair of Summer Tanagers, and right close too.