This past Thursday we moved from Carabelle, Florida to Hope Hull, Alabama, which is just outside Montgomery. The drive was uneventful but scenic as the route, via our GPS, was on state highways and county roads, so the trip took a little longer but took us through some small towns.
The park is nothing special but meets our needs. It is basically a park for RV’ers to stop overnight as it is right off Interstate 65. The spaces are a nice size and the weekly rate is the cheapest we have ever paid, so that is nice. The one thing they do have here is fire ants, which, to the best of my knowledge, is my first experience with them. In California we had larger red ants and in Illinois we had regular black ants. These fire ants are interesting in that they build big mounds of dirt and from the surface nothing seems unusual until you disturb the mound, then all HELL breaks loose. The park owner warned us about them and said he tries to keep up with the mounds by pouring gasoline on them. They are called fire ants as their bite/sting feels like a burn. We have not had any issue with them getting into the trailer, but I had a run in with them on Saturday morning. I was moving our outdoor mat and did not see that an ant mound had been created underneath it and when I moved the mat the ants starting coming out. I did not notice them on the mat until I looked down and saw a bunch on my sandals and feet. I quickly brushed them off but a few of them bit me. It is a small sting but went away quickly and no other issues. So now I watch where I am walking.
There is a large mound of them in the space across the road from us so I took a picture of the mound undisturbed then I moved the dirt (with a long stick) and took another picture of the ants that came out. Hopefully you can see them'.
If Wikipedia is to be believed these ants came to the US here in Alabama on a cargo ship that arrived in Mobile.
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