As soon as we started planning the New Orleans part of our trip I reached out to my former boss, John Driscoll, to see if we could swing by Mobile to visit with him and his wife Linda. John was my last boss at the Port of Oakland, and we struck up a quick friendship during our time working together.
Here we are getting ready to take a ferry ride across Mobile Bay from Dauphin Island to Fort Morgan. Not a bad selfie! William’s skills must be rubbing off on me.
The rip-rap they had in place to protect the shoreline was interesting, looking like something out of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall protections.
A shot of us from the same spot.
As I was taking this shot a dolphin rose out of the water to my left….just missed him!
A beautiful shot looking north into Mobile Bay as we exit the harbor. That’s the Dauphin Island Bridge in the background.
About 45 minutes later we pulled into Fort Morgan. Pretty low profile of the fort on the right side of the photo.
We stopped in Gulf Shores, AL, and checked out the beach. I didn’t take a photo but here is an aerial view of the beach here. The entire Gulf of America has been stunning!
We had lunch at this huge party place called The Hangout. It was pretty quiet considering the time of day and it being the off-season, but I can just imagine how busy this place can be in the summer peak season.
Kim tried sitting in the big chair just outside the restaurant and took a little slide backwards! Whoops!
We both had to get a shot in the chair, hanging on so we don’t slide backwards.
Here’s a final shot of John and Linda (and their fun dog Rosie) in their beautiful home. John just retired as Executive Director of the Port of Mobile, and they are currently cleaning up their belongings while trying to decide where they are going to move to next. Thanks for hosting us you guys!
The next morning we continued our drive east, heading towards Pensacola Beach, Florida. This is right after we crossed the state line into “The Free State of Florida”.
Pensacola is the home of the famous Blue Angels!
We loved the welcome! The rest area is as clean as can be. I think we are going to like Florida!
Up next, beautiful Pensacola Beach!