Dauphin Island Times

Really get away from it all - the Glen Cova

Looking for a great new vacation idea this year? What about something a little off the beaten path? Something you have (probably) never done before? What about Scotland?

The people who run the Glen Clova Hotel have asked me to write a review of their beautiful Scottish Inn. One look at the place and I could not refuse.

It's gorgeous. Go ahead and have a look at it. I'll wait right here...

Take a ride on the river for your next vacation

If your vacation plans this year involve staying within the US you might want to consider taking a trip to experience some of the most unspoiled and beautiful natural settings North America has to offer. I'm talking about making the Northwest your summer vacation destination this year. The vistas will take your breath away.

And if you want to experience it at its most thrilling, allow me to suggest floating down either of the two most scenic rivers the Northwest has to offer. The big theme parks have nothing to compete with the peaceful solace, the incredible beauty and if you want to go for it, the thrilling ride you can experience on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho and the Rogue River in Oregon.

The good people at Oregon River Rafting asked me to recommend them to our visitors here and I heartily agreed to do it. I've been on one of these rafting adventures in the past, and I have to tell you, there is nothing that quite compares.

Once and again Dauphin Island Vacation

We just got back from a week long vacation on Dauphin Island. I have never felt so relaxed in my entire life!

We used to go there when I was young. Daddy loved to fish from the shore. I don't think he ever caught much but that's what he loved to do on his weekends off. We would go to the beach with him and make sand castles. My older bother Ted would almost always run up the beach from the water all dripping wet and jump right in the middle of our castle.

New Dauphin Island vacation photo album

A new Dauphin Island vacation photo album from Vince, a Dauphin Island vacationer from Tennessee has been uploaded over at the webshots.com site.

Check it out and go on a virtual Dauphin Island vacation. It's not nearly as good as the real thing, but if you're unable to be on Dauphin Island any time soon...

Widowed father of two triumphs over tragedy

From The Gallatin News Examiner
Doyle and his wife had planned a vacation this year. To honor that decision he’ll take the kids to Dauphin Island on the Alabama coast this summer.

Gallatin dad triumphs over tragedy

Jeff Doyle became a widower on April 1 when his wife died suddenly of heart failure.

Exactly one week later he lost his home and everything in it to the brutal F-3 tornado that hit Gallatin neighborhoods on April 7.

But some parts of his life weren’t swept away forever; they were strengthened.

At the top of the list is his relationship to his two children, 10-year-old Hannah and 8-year-old Tristan.

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