Through the Windshield

Spent a day at the Battleship Park in Downtown Mobile, they have a really nice War Memorial, The Battleship Alabama,a Submarine, a hanger with about 30 planes on display and alot more. We walked around the grounds and looked at the War Memorial part but there were about 6 bus loads of kids going into the ships so we decided to pass on it this time.
Thursday was a nice sunny day so we drove down to Dauphin Island and spent the day bicycling around the island. We saw some storm damage but not to much considering how far out in the gulf the island is. There are a lot of flowers blooming and it was the tail end of the bird migration back north, Dauphin Island is the last stop they make heading south and the first stop they make heading north. Cathy and I were here one year, at Fort Morgan, and it was at the time the Monarch Butterflys were gathering for their flight to Mexico. The bushes were just covered with them, there were so many that you could hardly see the bushes.
They seem to have trouble predicting the weather in the gulf area, they have predicted heavy storms just about every day for the last week and all we got was a little spinkle one night, not that I'm complaining mind you.
Tomorrow is moving day and we'll be heading to Bay St Louis, Miss. Which means we have to drive 90 miles tomorrow, better go to bed early tonight.
Almost forgot the Detroit TIGERS got SNOWED OUT today.

Mobile, Alabama

We’re in Mobile Alabama for a few weeks and have been busy just about every minute. We drove around the bay to Gulf Shores to see the hurricane damage, just about every business or bldg on the beach had extensive damage and it looks like most of them are going to have to be bulldozed. I would say that the construction along this area (Gulf Shores to Pensacola) is going to be so bad for the next couple of years I would avoid this area. They bulldozed the famous Flora-Bama Bar yesterday a very sad day for the wild party crowd.
We went to The Hank Aaron Stadium and saw a Mobile Baybears Baseball game, they lost in the ninth to the Chattanooga Lookouts. Then we went to the Dew Drop Inn, it was the diners cheeseburger that inspired Jimmy Buffet to write Cheeseburger in Paradise. We tried one and both of us agree that the cheeseburger at Margaritaville is ten times better. We went back again to try their world famous hot dogs and they really were great.
We found a little cemetery . The Church Street Grave Yard, never saw one before that said Grave Yard. This is one if not the oldest cemetery in Mobile and has some significant graves, including one of the founders of Madis Gras. Every year during Mardi Gras they have a mini festival in the grave yard and all the graves and monuments end up covered with beads.
The best thing for Cathy was we found a bookstore that is going out of business and all the books were 50 cents. We were there when they opened and took advantage of it, the motor home will probably only get about 3 MPG now that we added 1000 LBS of books to it.
We still have to go to Dauphin Island, Bellingrath Gardens, the genealogy center and the Expo Center to see the Dead Sea Scrolls (they’re on display until May 8th). Other then that will be heading to the Biloxi area for a couple of weeks.
Enjoy the Spring weather.

April 6th Duh!!!!!!!!!

For all of you out there that forgot our anniversary, don't worry about it.
So did we until about an hour ago.

Time Flies

Today we start our FIFTH year of Fulltiming.
That's
1460 Days
35040 Hours
2102400 Minutes &
12,614,400 Seconds
As the song sez "LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH"

MOAB

Almost forgot to post this, this is MOAB (Mother OF All Bombs) It is the biggest most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the world. Cathy and I were camped here when then did the first air drop test of this bomb. We were about 30 miles away when it went off and the shock wave rocked the motorhome. Eglin AFB is 30 miles from here and is where the Air Force developes and test all its armament. They have nice FREE museum displaying stuff that you never heard of before, also outside they have approx. 35 aircraft including the BLACKBIRD.
We are now starting day 2 of our 48 hour THUNDERSTORM, Non stop rain for the last 36 hours. Florida the SUNSHINE STATE......NOT