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.
