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  • USS Drum

    USS Drum

    USS Drum, Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile Bay, AL USS Drum (SS-228) is a Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy. Laid down on 11 September 1940 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Drum was the twelfth of the Gato class submarines, but was the first completed and the first to enter combat in World War II. Drum… Read more

  • Battleship Memorial Park

    Battleship Memorial Park

    Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile Bay, AL Battleship Memorial Park is located on Mobile Bay in Mobile, Alabama. The collection features aircraft and museum ships including the South Dakota-class battleship USS Alabama and Gato-class submarine USS Drum. The park includes Bombers and fighter planes ranging from a B-52 from the Vietnam War, a P-51 Mustang flown by the… Read more

  • Historic Mobile

    Historic Mobile

    Bragg-Mitchell Mansion, Mobile, AL Built in 1855, the Bragg-Mitchell Mansion, with its 13,000 square feet of Greek Revival architecture is simply gorgeous!  The mansion is open to the public for tours, however, there are no photos once inside. I can tell you that the entry, parlors, and curved staircase are amazing. The surrounding area is… Read more

  • Fort Morgan

    Fort Morgan

    Fort Morgan, located on Mobile Point, at the end of Fort Morgan Peninsula Built of brick and mortar between 1819 and 1833, Fort Morgan stands guard where the bay meets the Gulf of Mexico. This site originally was home to Fort Bower during the War of 1812. Seized by Alabama Troops and turned over to… Read more

  • Outside Our Door

    Outside Our Door

    Gulf Shores, AL The view from our condo each morning was never a disappointment. The Pelicans came like clockwork to dive for fish. There was even a dolphin that swam up the river a few mornings looking for an easy breakfast. The condo sat by the Bon Secour River just up from the intercostal waterway,… Read more

  • World Bird Sanctuary

    World Bird Sanctuary

    World Bird Sanctuary of St Louis, Jour de Fete, St Genevieve, MO We went to a local arts festival in St Genevieve known as Jour de Fete. Great artisans and live music, but what caught our eye was the raptors brought by handlers from the World Bird Sanctuary in St Louis. They were absolutely beautiful!… Read more