Yesterday we drove through 4 states — Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Our main goal was to get to Baton Rouge, but we made a couple of stops to break up the drive. The better stop was at the National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi. This is the only place where Sandhill Cranes live. When the wildlife refuge was created m there were only 30 Sandhill cranes. Today there are more than 150. We learned a lot about Sandhill cranes and this savanna habitat.

When we got to our hotel, I was feeling better but Danita had caught my cold. By 7:30 last night we were both asleep. I’m almost back to normal but Danita has a fever. We planned to be in Baton Rouge two days. We might spend most of that time recuperating.