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- (Copyright 2026, Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. Photo by Ernest Herndon) Patrick Parker stands beside a canoe floating in a channel in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta of Alabama. The ground where he stands has been cleared off by wild hogs rooting.
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Mobile-Tensaw a realm of mist and mystery
By PATRICK PARKER - Roaming Parkers
Sat,02/21/26-10:00AM , 382 Reads
This is the first of a two-part series in which Enterprise-Journal outdoor columnists Ernest “Leather Britches” Herndon and Patrick Parker explore Alabama’s largest swamp. Next week is Herndon’s installment.
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"Cracker barrel" has different meaning to Scouts
By PATRICK PARKER - Roaming Parkers
Sun,02/08/26-9:00AM , 1,515 Reads
Long before it was the name of a highway restaurant chain, a cracker barrel was just what it sounds like — a barrel of soda crackers sitting in the corner of a country store.
Folks could drift over, eat a few crackers, sit or lean, and talk about crops, weather, dogs and politics.
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Enjoy this Alabama trail, but beware the ‘Catman’
By PATRICK PARKER - Roaming Parkers
Sun,01/18/26-3:00PM , 1,258 Reads
Nestled between Gulf Shores, Alabama’s white sand beaches and its coastal bayous and backwaters lies a trail system with both national and local infamy.
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A return to fishing after a long absence
By PATRICK PARKER - Roaming Parkers
Sat,01/03/26-1:00PM , 831 Reads
Elise and I both grew up fishing — Elise with her mom and grandparents, me with my mom and dad.
The Parkers did a lot of our fishing at Percy Quin and a little at Lake Mary, but Elise’s people were at Lake Mary most weekends.
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