June 2018 – Wandering Dawgs

June in the Butterfly Garden

June 27, 2018Posted in Birds, Butterflies, Flowers, Georgia, Nature, PhotographyTagged backyard, Butterfly Garden, garden, Georgia birding, Wandering Wednesday18 Comments

My butterfly garden is full of colorful blooms and the butterflies are starting to take notice.

20180620Butterfly-(11) — Butterfly on Mexican Sunflower

20180605Garden-(3) — Monarch on Milkweed

20180620Butterfly-(16) — Mexican Sunflower

The birds continue to come by daily.

20180604Bunting-in-rocks-(9) — Male Painted Bunting

20180603Garden-(17)-Tufted-Titmouse — Tufted Titmouse

20180613Garden-(3) — Ruby Throated Hummingbird

20180612Cardinal-(7) — The cardinals search for dropped seeds on the ground beneath the bird feeder

Happy Summer!

Linked to Ingrid’s Wandering Wednesday – Flowers

Waterfront Camping

June 21, 2018Posted in Nature, Photography, RVing, SunsetTagged Live Laugh RV, Wandering Wednesday, water, waterfront campsites10 Comments

There’s nothing better than having a view of water from our campsite. During our twelve years of part time RV’ing we have found waterfront campsites in many different places.

Skagway boat harbor as seen from our campsite — Pullen Creek RV Park, Skagway, Alaska

Watching for whales in Haines, Alaska — Oceanside RV Park, Haines, Alaska

View of Mount Redoubt from our campsite — Deep Creek Beach State Park, Alaska

We enjoyed watching the boats going out in the bay our last morning in Homer — Baycrest RV Park, Homer, Alaska

Sunset over Lake Seminole at Eastbank Campground — Eastbank COE Campground, Georgia

Morning sky from our site at Goose Island State Park — Goose Island State Park, Texas

Relaxing behind our campsite at Inks Lake State Park, Burnett, Texas — Inks Lake State Park, Burnett, Texas

Cypress Trees in Lake Bistineau — Lake Bistineau State Park, Louisiana

This post was inspired by Ingrid’s Wandering Wednesday – Water.

Wandering Wednesday – Water

June 20, 2018Posted in Birds, Georgia, NatureTagged Live Laugh RV, Photo Inspiration, salt water tidal creek, Wandering Wednesday, water16 Comments

I have lived within a few miles of the Atlantic Ocean for most of my life. A dock connects our back yard to a tidal creek.

At low tide, there’s just a trickle of water in the creek.

20180619Creek-(6) — Georgia Tidal Creek at low tide

During the low tide, wading birds walk along the creek bed searching for food.

Roseate Spoonbill in Georgia salt water tidal creek — Roseate Spoonbill

Tri Colored Heron finds a snack in a Georgia creek

Juvenile Little Blue Heron — Searching for a treat in the tidal creek

When the tide is high, it’s a different world.

20180615Creek-(2) — When the tide is high enough, we can hop in the boat and go for a ride

At the mouth of the creek we enter a river and explore the coastal waters.

20180503Boat-Ride-(1) — Boat ride in Georgia waters near Tybee Island

20160603Boat-Ride-(8) — Uninhabited Georgia Barrier Island only reachable by boat

And during the summer, when the tide is just right, we can catch fresh blue crabs for supper.

Nothing better than catching, cooking, and eating Georgia Blue Crabs

This post was inspired by Ingrid’s Wandering Wednesday.

Favorite Alaska and Canada Wildlife Photos

June 13, 2018Posted in Alaska, British Columbia, Road Trip, RVing, WildlifeTagged Bald Eagle, black bear, Grizzly, Humpback Whale, Live Laugh RV, moose, Orca, Photo Inspiration, Puffins, Stellar Sea Lions43 Comments

Five years ago this week we were on the road to Alaska from Georgia. Once we crossed the border into Canada, I spent every day looking for wildlife. There were many “WOW” wildlife sightings in both Canada and Alaska.

I’ve been thinking about posting some of my favorite wildlife photos from the trip and today I finally got the boost I needed to put it all together. When my friend Ingrid at Live, Laugh RV posted that the theme for her very first Wednesday photo inspiration was wildlife, I immediately started going though the thousands of photos from the trip.

If you would like to participate or see other posts inspired by Ingrid, click on over to Ingrid’s post Wandering Wednesday.

Here are just a few of my favorite wildlife photos from our Canada and Alaska adventure.