We took a tour of 'Alligator Alley'. They had all ages of alligators there. They put on a small show that they call feeding the alligators. They are fed with feral pigs. They said the pigs are all over & people catch them & bring the pigs to them to feed the alligators.
It was really interesting and informative.

A little burro out front of 'Alligator Alley'

Long-horn steer out front of 'Alligator Alley'

Some of the alligators

One of the larger alligators

'Captain Crunch'

During the feeding of the alligators

The alligators coming to the shore - they know it is time to get fed

A 2 year old alligator that a handler had out for us to touch & hold.

John touching the belly of a two year old alligator

Some newer alligators

These are 3 year old alligators

We are in southern Alabama. We drove to the Gulf and took in the sights.
We'll be here a week and then on west.

A blue heron riding on the tide

There were loads of jellyfish floating by.

From Charleston, SC we have arrived in Atlanta, GA. Our pictures are up to date, but not in very good order. Enjoy

Stone Mountain, Georgia

Another shot of Stone Mountain

The train we took around the park

A shot from the train

From Charlotte, NC we went to Charleston, SC. Took in all the tourist sights: Fort Sumter, the battery, the farmers market, a plantation.
The pictures that follow are of our time spent in Charleston.

The market in downtown Charleston

A horse & carriage in front of the market

A street musician, playing the violin

One of the old houses that are on the bay

Our campsite at the J. Strom Thurmond Lake. It is on the border of SC and Georgia. We were invaded by ants here. Little tiny ants that took us 3 days to get rid if after we left here.

The drive up to the plantation outside Charleston, SC

Some turtles in the pond on the plantation

The Haywood plantation house

Spanish moss hanging from one of the trees

An alligator in the pond on the plantation

Another alligator

The bridge across the James River in Charleston, SC

The boat we took to Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter

One of the holes in the side of the fort with a cannon

The inside grounds

Another view of the inside grounds

The five different flags that have flown over the fort, with the current US flag in the center

Dolphins in the bay where we boarded the boat out to Fort Sumter

The USS York - in the bay - you can tour this ship from WWII

We left Virginia and went south to North Carolia, specifially Charlotte to see the home of NASCAR. We spent the whole time around Charlotte seeing NASCAR related places.
We saw Richards Petty's home (well, the gates to his home), his old racing garage, his museum, the Victory Junction Gang camp, Hendricks racing, the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte Speedway, Dale Earnhardt's memorial park, well, you get the picture.
The followiing pictures are from all these above places.

The following pictures are of Charlotte Motor Speedway

This is a huge TV screen

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A statue of Dale Earnhardt in Kannapolis NC, at a memorial park for Dale

In the memorial park

This is the NASCAR Hall of Fame Building

Ashley Force's funny car - outside the Hall of Fame

John with M & M's iin the Hall of Fame


Bobby Isaac's car

One of Richard's old car







Inside the Hall of Fame - in the back of the picture, you can see the banked 'road' where the race cars are shown

This is in Hendricks' racing

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s car

Another Dale Jr.'s car

A Carl Edwards car from a win at the Daytona 500 - you can see all the confetti still on the car; there was also the pop and other liquids still on it from victory circle.

















Outside Hendricks racing

This is a car being worked on at Petty's garage

A Challenger that Petty's garage enhances, for just 36,000.

A caricature statue at Petty's museum

One of Richard's race cars in the musuem.







The race car of Richards that John first saw racing at Michigan Speedway back int he 70's.

The entrance to the Victory Junction Gang camp

In the sidewalk that goes to the little gift shop.

Shrubbery shaped like a chair, table & footstool.

The water tower at the Victory Junction Gang camp









































































This is the gate back to the camp