I Explored The Most Mysterious Island In The Gulf

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-08

[00:00:02]Coming in to Dolan Island, crawfish sucker land.

[00:00:10]>> Welcome to the most famous and not really well-known island in Alabama, Dolphin Island.

[00:00:17]Yes, Alabama has islands. Look at the map. It's right there.

[00:00:21]We are way kind of away from the Alabama shore. Five miles across that bridge is the rest of Alabama. I think you can hear the pickups rolling coal over there.

[00:00:34]Over here it's different than you would think. I think I don't know. We just got here. I got a buddy Doug who lives here and Doug was like, "You and Kim need to come over and see us at Dolphin Island."

[00:00:43]And so we did. And that's where we're going to begin this dispatch. The rest of Alabama is four miles that way over that bridge. We are at the very start of Dolphin Island here at the Dockside Restaurant. All right, we got Kim behind the lens.

[00:00:56]>> What's up, YouTube?

[00:00:58]>> Let's go find out what this island's all about.

[00:01:32]So, you told me that there's a lot of uh it's it's pretty conservative on this island.

[00:01:38]>> And this island used to just be a fishing community, and the fishing community is uh slowly changed. And of course, there's old school conservatives here on the island that don't want nothing to change, but it's it's it's happening. So, there's a lot of people from out of town that are coming into town that are wanting certain things to change. But uh there's a lot of exNavy, a lot of air force, a lot of army, um a lot of special forces, some green berets, some US uh USX US marshals, um lots of helicopter boys, lots of communication guys, and they all live on the island because the the island's nice and quiet. There's lots of things changed on the island. There's a lot of beneficial things on the island. There's a lot of really nice people, retired people, very smart people, very common sense people, >> and it's safe here.

[00:02:31]>> Oh, man. Wow.

[00:02:32]>> How safe is it?

[00:02:34]>> Well, so I've I've been fortunate to travel around the world and I've always locked my doors and I've always locked my pickup truck and I've always made sure that things were kind of tucked away so you couldn't see it. And down here now, I forget the keys in the ignition. uh we go to bed and sometimes we forget the front door's open. Um there's times that we'll end up uh leaving our bicycles out and keys in the side by side and yeah, it's safe. I've never we've never had an issue around 8:00 9:00 at night. It completely shuts down. It turns into a ghost town.

[00:03:10]>> You had you you told me uh if anybody's going to come over here and steal anything, there's only one way on or one way off.

[00:03:17]>> Yeah, that's it. That's that's 100% correct. There is only one way on and one way off. And it's probably not a smart move to be doing dumb [ __ ] on this island.

[00:03:27]If you [ __ ] around, you're going to find out. So, and the community sticks together, >> right? I'm seeing Alabama deep sea. What is a ro? What's a deep sea fishing rodeo?

[00:03:39]>> So, in July, um it's a worldass event.

[00:03:43]It's one of the biggest fishing tournaments in the world and barely anybody knows about it and it's a worldass fishing event.

[00:03:50]>> Let me get let me get out for a second.

[00:03:52]Listen to this.

[00:03:55]>> These guys are locals.

[00:03:56]>> Yeah, they're harvesting right now.

[00:03:59]>> So, right now we just went out and grabbed all of our oysters. We got to come back work work through them. We're going to reduce the density of the bags.

[00:04:08]Uh pull out anything that's dead, all the crabs. Um, and what that does, it keeps cuts down on the bio bofouling of the bags cuz they're all brown looking.

[00:04:17]They have algae and barnacles on them.

[00:04:20]>> But yeah, we're going to be splitting them, pulling out deads, and that way I can take notes on them and get them ready for market coming up.

[00:04:28]>> How long have you been doing this?

[00:04:30]>> Uh, I've been in the industry since 2013 or 2014. Um, actual oyster farming.

[00:04:40]um like actually having a farm since I think 2017.

[00:04:43]>> How has your industry changed since you started in the last 10 years?

[00:04:48]>> What are you trying to get?

[00:04:49]>> Um it's more fastpac now than what we used to be. Uh what we do nowadays is used to take us, you know, a day and a half almost to do. So, we've just really gotten good at our jobs and >> uh just working hard every day. It's a blessing to be able to work on the water. And these are going to be sold.

[00:05:09]Where where are all these going to go?

[00:05:10]Who's going to be uh >> um so some of them will end up um across the bay and Gulf Shore. Some end up, you know, shipped out North Alabama all all along the Gulf Coast. It just really depends who's the buyer.

[00:05:25]>> What is this here? This seems to be a tourist attraction or something. What is going on here?

[00:05:29]>> Well, what's crazy is these are like the world's smallest condos. I think they're funny as hell, but you buy a boat slip and then people can crash out. I think there's a I think there's a [ __ ] and maybe a bedroom, maybe two beds in there and they're itty bitty little condos and they're sought after. But these things are the most whatever picturesized um place on Dolphin Island.

[00:05:52]>> How much does it cost to buy one?

[00:05:54]>> I think I think these are like 400 500 grand. Oh my gosh, they're actually Hey, this might be the last day. They're It looks like they're dismantling >> the disc the putt putt putt.

[00:06:05]>> They're destroying the putt putt or >> what? Are they going to make it better?

[00:06:09]>> No, that doesn't look better to me.

[00:06:11]>> Let me get some footage of this.

[00:06:12]>> Yeah.

[00:06:14]>> Do you know these guys are going to trip if I'm filming?

[00:06:16]>> No, I have no idea.

[00:06:18]>> Oh my god, the putt putt is What are they doing?

[00:06:22]>> They're tearing up the putt putt.

[00:06:25]All right, so this is live breaking news. Uh, the famous lovable putt putt course on Dolphin Island is being dismantled and nobody knows why.

[00:06:37]Everybody's trying to figure out what the hell. Everyone just showed up.

[00:06:40]There's people standing around looking.

[00:06:42]What is going on here, folks?

[00:06:45]Oh my gosh. Island drama. So, live look at Island Progress or not.

[00:06:54]And that is the ninth fairway being dismantled forever.

[00:07:03]Breaking news, dog. Are you going to miss the old uh 18 hole?

[00:07:07]>> Nope. Never played it.

[00:07:10]>> Some people are going to be happy about that and some are not. But that's just life.

[00:07:16]Life on the small, quaint island. It's never perfect. But if that's your drama, you guys, you got it made.

[00:07:26]Talk to me about this place. This is like the local yokal spot here. We're at the Pelican Pub and Dock Side.

[00:07:32]>> Yep. Now, >> this seems to be where all the gossip is probably exchanged and all the drinks are had and all the complaining and all the whatever. Uh, >> but this is where your local karaoke, this is where your um dart, this is where the bingo is like here. Bingo.

[00:07:50]Serious. You talk during big bingo and you're going to be told to shut the [ __ ] up. It is serious game time bingo night.

[00:07:58]So what happens? This is where all the locals from the island go. So what happens? They go to Dherties. They go listen to music and a band. And then they come down to Miss Vicky's place and then they whoop it up. And I'm telling you, there has been some wild nights, fun nights. If you're ever coming to the island, you got to come to Miss Vicky's.

[00:08:19]All right, we're going to try the mayor and the This is the mayor of Dolphin Island who is on a walk. We're going to see if we can talk to him really quick.

[00:08:27]>> Uh Jeff Ker, the mayor of Dolphin Island. Been living here a little over 65 years and been serving as mayor for the past 28 years.

[00:08:35]>> How has this island changed since you've been on it?

[00:08:38]>> I think, you know, of course, everything changes. I think it's changed uh more so by the number the number and and the people that live here, quite frankly.

[00:08:47]But physically the island constantly changes because it is a barrier island.

[00:08:51]Although we've done taken a lot of steps in the last handful of years to help defend that that particular issue through East End restoration project, marsh restoration project, living shoreline projects, all of those types of things to help uh the barrier island stay in place.

[00:09:09]>> What's the biggest issue that you have with your small town over here on this island? I think the biggest issue is the threat of hurricanes quite frankly and and the the those types challenge because they're the hardest ones to defend against. But we like said we've made a lot of improvements in that case.

[00:09:23]Even the the road coming onto the island that is very susceptible in storms.

[00:09:28]There's been some improvements being made there to defend that only road on and off the island. Most of those projects that I just talked about and others actually came as a result of funding through the Deep Water Horizon oil spill which happened about 16 years ago.

[00:09:44]>> How would you describe the way of life on this small community?

[00:09:46]>> I think it's a very laidback, relaxed, you know, Dolphin Island is a great community. Like I said, I've been here my entire life and uh we're very uh laid-back, very relaxed, non-commercialized, kind of a getaway from civilization type of a place. you know, leave your cell phone home and come on down and enjoy the good life.

[00:10:07]>> There was probably 75 homes built and then with the 75 homes that were built and then this year I believe they're going to do like 55 to maybe even 80.

[00:10:16]And obviously it's all based on demand um the local developers and builders here um things are happening fast. Like this is going to be one of these islands that it can't grow any bigger than it can grow. Oh, here we go. We got a local coast garden.

[00:10:30]>> Oh my god. All kinds of drama today. We picked a good day. We got Coast Guard training. Is that what we're doing here, Doug?

[00:10:36]>> S61 Sakorski right there. Yeah. And they're training right now.

[00:10:40]>> Are they going to drop somebody in the water?

[00:10:42]>> Well, I hope so, but I hope not.

[00:10:45]>> Let's go see.

[00:10:46]>> Yeah. So, anybody that has some extra money and looking for a beach community that has really no oversized development, there's only what, five or six restaurants, two or three bars, two gas stations. You can buy local shrimp, oysters. You can walk. It's safe. The crime is minimal. Like, it's a nobrainer for people to hurry up and buy here. You got to take advantage of this when you can. Like, but if you want to wait until it's overpriced and you want to spend a million or two when you can buy at 600, 700 grand, you better get here quick.

[00:11:22]>> And you can just fly right in. And this sounds like a commercial for the damn island. No, they didn't pay me to say this. We got a private uh air airirst strip here and uh we got a one plane parked here. It'd be great if somebody were to come in and land. We we've had a lot of luck this morning with breaking news and action and and mayors and maybe we'll get like a an airplane.

[00:11:48]>> I wasn't recording.

[00:11:49]>> Okay. Hey, this is where the elites used to come.

[00:11:54]Like if you think how cool architecture is when you see this type of building, think about this. This was built in the 50s and it looks like a spaceship and it's just so retro and it's so cool. Now there used to be a restaurant in a bar here. Like if you look at this, think about in the ' 50s and '60s how groovy this place is. You got a round pool with a round building and then you got a round building off to your right that looks like a spaceship. And the mafia used to come down here. A >> man, >> this was like the hideout spot.

[00:12:27]>> Yeah, cuz how do you get to the island?

[00:12:29]An old wood bridge. So, if you can afford to have a boat to get to the island, think about the partying and the drugs and you know, I mean, think think about the shagging. Think about all the good times, >> man. Well, that sucks that it's closed.

[00:12:43]>> And there's an 18hole golf course attached to it. Nick, this is an Alabama an Alabama artifact. And how many buildings do you see this nowadays? You don't. Like there's the staircase that goes up to the third floor. They got patios up top and the tears. To me, I think it's a Star Trek building. I think it's awesome. Awesome.

[00:13:04]>> It is.

[00:13:04]>> It's my favorite part of the island.

[00:13:08]>> Okay.

[00:13:09]>> All right. We are on, folks. We're here on the 18th green of the Dolphin Island Golf Course. Um, where else in the country can you golf along the Gulf of America? You're golfing near the Gulf with oil platforms. Go America drill, baby drill on a beautiful day. Um, you think you're in Myrtle Beach right now, but you're not. You're in Alabama. A lot of you probably didn't even know that this even existed.

[00:13:39]And I think someone's about to tee off.

[00:13:40]We should probably go. All right, you guys. So, we're driving around rural Alabama right now. We're going to take a quick little detour cuz I want to show you guys a really cool piece of property up here. Where we're headed right now is a really cool place. It's a rare piece of land up here called the Bluffs. Uh it's on Weiss Lake. So, Weiss Lakes in Cherokee County in northeastern Alabama.

[00:13:58]It's in the foothills of the Appalachin Mountains. And the lake's 30,000 acres.

[00:14:04]It's about 50 mi long. It's one of Alabama's most fantastic lakes up here.

[00:14:09]A lot of people didn't even know Alabama even had awesome lakes. They do. In the middle of Weiss Lake is a community called the Bluffs. Might be the most unique piece of land in in Alabama.

[00:14:19]Really, it's a mountain surrounded by water. You got to see this place. So, right now, we're going to go inside and meet the co-developer of the Bluffs. My name is WDE Chapel, co-developer of the Bluffs, overlooking Weiss Lake. We think we are sitting on one of the most unique pieces of property in the southeast, certainly the state of Alabama. And now, I think John's going to show you around a little bit.

[00:14:39]>> How much was this lot? And how big is this lot?

[00:14:42]>> Uh this lot's an $80,000 lot. It's 2 and a4 acres. U it it uh goes down toward the lake.

[00:14:52]Uh the house is uh being built on it. Uh is u five bedroomedroom, four bath. Uh 3350 square ft.

[00:15:04]Uh it's this house was just released to the market this week. 830,000.

[00:15:11]So, >> we love it here. Uh this the view is outstanding. Uh like I say, some days we see more deer in Turkey than we see people. It's very, very peaceful here.

[00:15:27]It's uh I don't know how to describe it.

[00:15:30]It's uh we're not moving. I'll say that.

[00:15:33]Like I say, how we found this place was a miracle.

[00:15:37]This house is uh is going to be 2800 square ft, four bedrooms, 3 and a half baths, and it was just released this week uh to be marketed at $840,000.

[00:15:53]And you can see the lake from here. I can see it behind me. Every house has a lake view.

[00:16:00]Wow.

[00:16:02]There's a lot of people that, you know, you go out on the lake and you boat and you look up on the mountain, you see, oh, I'd be lucky to live up there. Look at that beautiful home. And I I mean, this is I always find a new favorite state every time I'm in it. I think Alabama is my new favorite state.

[00:16:17]Everyone's going to say, "Oh, come on, Nick. You keep changing." It was Georgia last week. But >> I think John, if you if you were a fisherman and you were motivated enough, you could probably cast a line from your back deck down into Weiss Lake and probably pull out some bass and crappie from up here.

[00:16:33]>> You probably could.

[00:16:34]>> Or you could fly your drone. You know, there's drones people have that take the line out.

[00:16:38]>> Oh, yeah. Yeah. And you can just drop a line and just sit here and just pull out striper.

[00:16:43]>> And North Alabama are all places that people are wanting to relocate to because of the climate, because of the um there's a ton of jobs in Alabama that people wouldn't even and the big things cost of living. Cost of living is so much less here. Property taxes. Property taxes are a tenth of what they would be if if this property was in Georgia instead of Alabama.

[00:17:13]>> Look at that. Someone's down there having a good Saturday out down on the lake.

[00:17:17]>> Oh yeah.

[00:17:18]>> Got their pontoon boat living the life.

[00:17:22]>> Is this the most unique property in the state of Alabama? I swear, John.

[00:17:26]>> As the owner developer, we might say that it is.

[00:18:01]That unexpected breeze could look into the ground. Yet every storm I see is still well.

[00:18:16]Whatever each day brings his heart, he simply >> they call me by my nickname in here, Boogie. I've lived around here my whole life and I'm 52. Way of life is shrimping, fishing.

[00:18:41]I mean, it's just a little bit of everything around here. Everybody likes to catch fish, sell fish, eat fish.

[00:18:50]Over on Dolphin Island there, you know, it's built up. A lot nicer place, things to do.

[00:18:56]>> Well, this is when the island changes, right? So, this is the island change cuz a lot of people down here on vacationing, they won't go to the other end of the island where like I mean, you got Pirates Pizza, but you got the carriage, right? So, if you're coming down and you want a really high glass bottle of wine or a really good taste of whiskey and stuff, you're the carriage.

[00:19:14]Right. Dolphin Island Real Estate is here, right? And then you got the pirates and this where the cow zones and the chicken wings, right? And then you got the you got the barbecue and the seafood. And then you got the yellow hammer coffee and ice cream. So there's the east end and the west end.

[00:19:31]>> We're on the west end now.

[00:19:32]>> We're going to the west end. You're right. So on the east end, you saw all the pine trees and they have dunes that are protecting it. Like now over here when you start seeing hurricanes and you start seeing storms come through this is the end of the island gets rocked.

[00:19:49]>> There's no protection here.

[00:19:50]>> There's none, right? Like do you know what I mean? But if you're coming down here and you're actually owning a house down here and you're living down here, you've congratulations. You've done very well. This is a smart move. Like if you're doing Airbnb people, this is where the families, this is where you can sleep 20, 30 people to some of these houses. And in a big storm, this whole road floods right out.

[00:20:16]This will be covered in sand. So if you ever look at the damage report on Dolphin Island during hurricane, this is what's getting just smoked.

[00:20:26]This is sun, beach, water, waves.

[00:20:33]This is all beautiful vacation homes.

[00:20:36]But if you're looking to live here full-time and the wind does not stop, it's always windy down here. If you turn around and you're and you want to come down here and retire and you want to ride your bike, the other end of the island, the east end, is where most people they ride their bikes, they walk on the trails.

[00:20:58]>> Yeah. It's shady.

[00:20:59]>> Yeah. This is just like this reminds me of North Carolina like the Outer Banks kind of >> it. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:21:05]>> Just sand and just old wood homes and >> but when the storm hits, guess what happens? These guys get rocked and it's completely almost taken this out.

[00:21:19]>> We came to the end here. This is uh West End Beach.

[00:21:23]This is where all the uh people come and be seen and take their Instagram photos.

[00:21:37]And you wouldn't believe, Nick, how many people in the summer they come down here and they look on the map and they go, "Oh, the end of the island's not that far." And they start walking to the end of the island. And then they get so dehydrated they have to call the Coast Guard to go down and get How far how long how long does it take to walk to the very very tip of the sand?

[00:21:55]>> I would say 2 and 1/2 hours.

[00:21:57]>> Oh, just to get to the end.

[00:21:58]>> It's It's like Well, a the sand is screaming hot, >> right? You can only have so much water to carry with you. And they don't plan it. They don't think it through.

[00:22:09]>> So, in the summer, does this place just blow up?

[00:22:12]>> Oh, Nick, it's wild. None of the locals come down here. All these houses are rented and I bet you there's probably anywhere from a thousand to 1500 people and it's all families. It's not hooligans, right? There's not like like you don't have loud music. The most that you're going to see is a bunch of kids with dirty faces with freezies and Cheetos.

[00:22:33]>> Does it get spring break out here?

[00:22:35]>> No.

[00:22:35]>> No. Why? How come they haven't discovered this? I guess we're now going to make it more discoverable by doing this.

[00:22:43]>> But it's not in favor, right? Cuz if you if you're a bunch of dingbats drinking and after 10:00, right, then the police show up. They're going to shut your party down. There's no nightclubs, right? Like the maximum capacity at the local night bar is what, like 75 people.

[00:22:58]So then if it overoccupies, they they've got to shut it down.

[00:23:02]>> Shut it down like they should.

[00:23:04]>> And it's like it's an adult familyfriendly destination zone. It's not a party capital. Two hours the other way over on Golf Shores. Those places are a [ __ ] show. This is family 100%.

[00:23:16]Cheesies and Freezies.

[00:23:21]>> So this is the rich super rich houses street. Yeah, this is definitely like really nice homes cuz they have again they're on the Mississippi Sound area and obviously Mobile's on the other side of the bridge, but a lot of these are very nice. Like there's still small homes that have been here for years, but some of these homes with the boats and the RVs, you start adding things up, the house will be say 1.2, 1.8 8 million and then you got a $200,000 boat, $50,000 engine, two or three vehicles.

[00:24:03]So these people have to live with the fact that the water will be up to the bottom of that house potentially.

[00:24:10]>> I mean, if you get a big storm, it will be to the I mean, that's really high up, but all of this if you have a basement, it's going to be gone. But if the house isn't on pilings, this island is kind of run by the FEMA. So FEMA makes a lot of rules for insurance, how you build the homes, requirements, permits, but this road is I mean, if you're looking for a tropical island on the Gulf of America for less way less than Florida, way less than Florida. A lot of these houses don't go up for sale. These have been generational or people that have worked their whole lives, sell their farm up north, and then they finally get to make it down here and then this is where they come to retire.

[00:25:05]>> Everybody seem probably knows everybody on this island, right?

[00:25:08]>> Well, that's what everybody kind of thinks. Everybody talks like it's a whatever a tight-knit community, but there's a lot of people on this island that just don't really care to get involved with the island politics. They buy here to just enjoy their life, so they mind their own business.

[00:25:26]>> I've seen a lot of construction on the island, right?

[00:25:29]>> There is a lot. In the last I would say in the last year, there's probably been 50 to I don't know, my guess would be 50 to 70 homes built. And there's a lot of people moving in and finding out about this island. This island's changing fast. And because it's so reasonably priced, like you can still get in on the island, right, for like a mid-tier house is 640 grand. That's what our house is for sale. Hey, welcome. How you doing?

[00:25:57]This is Dolphin Island, Alabama. This is an example of house here on the island, right? It's 1,600 ft² plus. We're selling it fully furnished for approximately $740,000.

[00:26:09]Fully furnished.

[00:26:11]No furnishing. We're offering it right now for $640,000. Three bedroomedroom, full bathroom, two bathrooms.

[00:26:19]Welcome to the house. So, this is this is a prime example here on Dolphin Island. It's gold fortified and it's certified under FEMA and the yearly insurance is approximately $4,000.

[00:26:35]Like this one right here. What's your Doug? What do you think?

[00:26:38]>> That one, even though it's run down and old, I bet you'd still get about 850.

[00:26:42]>> 850 out the door.

[00:26:45]>> I think two >> 2.2 out the door.

[00:26:52]>> I bet they take two cash.

[00:26:54]>> I bet they would, too.

[00:26:57]>> Brand new. That's going to be one point 1.2.

[00:27:00]>> 1.2 two out the door.

[00:27:06]>> My name is David Williams. I'm with a company called Seed Consulting. We provide technology to the seafood industry and over the last two years, we've been advocates for authenticity in restaurants.

[00:27:20]>> You were telling me the shrimping industry and the domestic shrimping industry has been hurt by imported shrimp.

[00:27:27]>> Yeah. Um, basically the problem is that if you go out and catch wild caught shrimp, it's a relatively expensive and dangerous endeavor. And there's been lots of shrimp farms that have been producing very large quantities of seafood out of India and Vietnam. And that has basically destroyed the market, which means that the coastal communities are dying. you know, coastal communities should be smelly, loud, joyful communities and now they tend to be condos and um Thursday till Sunday and it's just not what people come here to enjoy.

[00:28:08]>> So the small town mom and pop shrimp in in America is getting decimated by shrimp imports from India and Vietnam, >> India, Vietnam, Indonesia. And the problem is restaurants lie about where the shrimp come from.

[00:28:22]>> Are we going to see a day one day when we won't have any domestic mom and pop shrimpers anymore?

[00:28:27]>> Well, um, all I can say is they used to be about 70 boats working out of here.

[00:28:34]>> And how many fishing boats do you see?

[00:28:36]>> I see zero.

[00:28:38]>> There you go. I think that answers your question.

[00:28:43]>> Sounds to me like all the shrimp and boats are shrimp out.

[00:28:51]These oil platforms are quite small.

[00:28:53]>> So you you said uh there were only a few oil platforms out here and then when Trump changed the drill baby drill these were popping up all over.

[00:29:04]>> Well, yes, there is there's some inactive wells that are now active. And then you you can see when you're looking out on the Gulf of America, you can see new platforms appearing. Well, that's got to be good for the Alabama economy.

[00:29:19]>> Well, a lot of people would disagree with you because they think it's stupid, but it's great. And what Trump's doing in Iran and forcing all the tankers here is going to make Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, I mean, the Carolinas, all the ports, they're going to be thriving.

[00:29:41]So, I moved here uh fulltime around 2022 and uh we pretty much went full-time in this uh around that time. You know, this this is my job. This is what I do.

[00:30:38]It is just paradise.

[00:30:40]Everybody is so kind and generous and I just never thought there would ever be a place that would be quite this friendly.

[00:30:49]>> What's the catch though? It can't be perfect. There's got to be some >> It really is perfect. And I tell people all the time, the difference is most everybody who lives on this island has retired. They have lived off someplace else and they worked hard and they just wanted to give it all up and do nothing.

[00:31:06]And that's literally what we do. nothing except just visit with each other. It's pretty incredible.

[00:31:13]>> Don't you get bored doing nothing? No.

[00:31:15]>> No. You can ride your bikes and ride everywhere and people get together and we eat out and we lay on the go to the beach and have parties and drink at night and it's great.

[00:31:26]>> Um, we've been we came down from Minnesota 6 years ago to stay here for two weeks and we've stayed for six years. We live in Alabama now. We live in a camper. So, we stay in Alabama, but we don't always we don't always stay on the island. This year, we're staying the longest we've ever stayed. It' be 10 months this year. So, and then we're only going to travel about 25 miles for 3 months and come back. So, you think we love it here? This is a paradise.

[00:32:03]Especially for me, for biking, you know, I bike about between 75 and 100 miles a day.

[00:32:12]I've got I've got 10 and2,000 miles on my bike.

[00:32:17]>> And what what happened to your legs?

[00:32:20]>> I smoked. So, whoever sees this on YouTube, quit smoking cuz it's going to get you. Believe the commercials.

[00:32:30]They're they're true. So, but you I don't let it get me down. I've I haven't had any legs for eight or 10 years. And I the only thing I can't do is stairs and ladders and do anything up high. But I get by and I have a very good wife.

[00:32:55]So, and she puts up with me. I don't know why.

[00:33:00]you know, if they start talking politics, I drive away. I said, I got to go. But, um, I'll talk about everything.

[00:33:08]I don't care. Most mostly people talk about the weather, you know, how nice it is, you know, how windy it is, how many bugs there are. Other than that, they don't complain here. And I've never met anybody on the island that I didn't like. Nobody.

[00:33:31]>> Okay. See you, Leo.

[00:33:32]>> I'll see you later.

[00:33:33]>> All right, Leo. Thank you. See you later. There goes Leo.

[00:33:40]>> Has says he's never seen a bad person on this island. Everybody's just wonderful.

[00:33:45]I think he's one of those people that just sees the best in everybody.

[00:33:51]All right, folks. That's it on Dolphin Island. Here it's our final morning.

[00:33:56]Another beautiful morning in paradise here. here. It's about 7:30 in the morning. So, we spent a couple days here driving around talking to folks. Um, everybody that we try to get some drama and some dirt from, I'm like, "This place can't be perfect." They're like, "Yeah, it is. Actually, it is. There's nothing wrong with it at all. We love it here." And one lady off camera uh just a little bit ago, I said, "You don't have any real world problems here." And she said, "I know." And we love it like that. And to be honest, some of us have kind of said to ourselves, if we ever feel like the real world's coming over here to Dolphin Island, we're just going to bomb that bridge right there. Just bomb it and we'll be over here all by ourselves. She said that coming to you from Dolphin Island, it's Nick and Kim. That's it. We're going to wrap it up, folks. Maybe we'll see you somewhere in America.

[00:34:49]Ready?

[00:34:49]>> Yeah.

[00:34:50]>> We love you, Donald Trump. Going to the Gulf of America, baby. Thank you, Donald Trump.

[00:35:08]Yee, baby, of America, love of the USA.

[00:35:17]>> Okay, so a lot of people email me and they comment and they say, "Where should I move, Nick?" Well, I do consulting for that as you know, but a lot of people want to do their own research. So, I have published an ebook. That's right.

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