A Short and Winding Road in Baldwin County

If you know me, you know there isn't a strange road that I won't turn onto and drive down, if I haven't been there before. That's why I claim to know this count like the back of my hand. In my many, many - okay, 32 years - of driving this county (and most of Mobile County, too), I just know where things are.

So, if someone I run into can point me in the direction of a road I've never been on, I'm going! Especially, if there is the possibility of seeing something that needs to be explored, researched and verified.

Last week, on Thursday, this very thing happened. Christi and I were on a listing appointment, and we were told of a 4-wheeler trail, an old dirt road that led to an abandoned schoolhouse and and old lodge. What? Where? I've never heard of any thing remotely like this. So off we go. And here is what we found:

In the lower left of the window, to the left of the door, appears to be an old chalkboard. Since we are paralyzed by the thought of snakes, further exploration must wait till Winter, when even if there are snakes, they are then slower than we are.

Then at a curve in the dirt road ahead, this building, which the locals call The Old Lodge. It is built, I can see, from Clay City tiles, an old Fairhope Brick making company, located on Fish River. There is a potter who lives there now, but you can find these old Fairhope bricks, or clay city tiles, here and there around town in very old structures.

Want an adventure? Go to the country and explore the backroads!