Finding peace at Noccalula Falls. 🌊✨ The sound of the water is nature's own meditation. Capturing "Stillness and Beauty" in the heart of Alabama. 🏔️

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Flying Creek Nature Preserve Opens Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com      Ribbon cutting.     PHASE ONE Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources director Chris Blankenship helped mayor Sullivan and city council members cut the ribbon to phase one of the new Flying Creek Nature Park at 22430 Main Street this morning. Blankenship said he was impressed with the outcome from a $1 million state GOMESA grant -- and predicted more grants were coming for future phases. Sullivan thanked contractors and city employees for their hard work on the project -- and the city council for providing supplemental financing. She singled out city forester/ranger Justin Hammers for praise: his office will be located there. Visitors were allowed to tour the adjacent new John Martin Nature Center as well (photos below), but it will not be officially competed for about another month. Phases two and three are already being planned for next year.  http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheFairhopeTimes

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Pitcher Plant Bog Finally Reopens! Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com       CR 11 AT WEEKS BAY The Pitcher Plant Bog on CR 11 has officially reopened after being closed for almost a year and a half for renovations.  Visitors could find numerous plants blooming there on Sunday.   http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheFairhopeTimes

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Weeks Bay Pitcher Plant Bog Boardwalk Update Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com      Parking open Sunday.     Sunday visitors. ALL GATES OPEN SUNDAY Although their website still says it is still "temporarily closed," all gates were open and barricades down Sunday at the Pitcher Plant Bog on CR11 -- and visitors were walking in.  A local elected state official we talked to recently had no idea what's holding things up; a recent sign there said it was still "pending final inspection."  The closure began in March 0f 2024 -- for wooden boardwalk replacement. PLANTS BLOOMING On a brighter note, numerous pitcher plants and swamp flowers were seen blooming Sunday afternoon at the front part of the park. Sunday photos. Bog's website on Sunday. http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheFairhopeTimes

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