Travel Blogs from Mobile, United States
Happy Thanksgiving Day
... Gardens and Home is a 65 - acre botanical garden and mansion located on the Fowl River in Theodore, a suburb of Mobile. It was the home of one of Mobile most prominent early entrepreneurs, the local Coca Cola bottler. We toured the gardens last ...
Miss Weswey - Mississippi
... . But he did say that Biloxi was merely a satellite station and that I could simply hop on here and then when we stop in Mobile, Alabama, the mother station, I could go inside and get a ticket. Ja right! So I'm going to hang around a closed station only ...
BAMA
... in Alabama, but at the same time I feel that something big is just around the corner... I have been in Mobile for about 4 weeks, but have hardly been staying put. During my first weekend here I went to Birmingham, AL, about 3 ...
Norlans - Vancleave, Mississippi
Now that I'm at a "Mother Station" in Mobile Alabama, have 2 Gigs of data, have cellphone reception, I can relax, and post my overdue blogs of my last few days. I left off last time after my first day in New Orleans. Lets go back there.... I checked out ...
High and Dry
... she would escape "inside" the boat! She's pretty wily for a fourteen year old cat. Yesterday we walked around downtown Mobile and visited some shops and art galleries. We also tried out another seafood restaurant at lunch time. A neighboring ...
Enroute to Indiana
From the gulf, we headed back North toward the 10. Shortly before the Mobile Downtown Airport, we turned onto I-65 North, headed ...
Way Down South in Dixie
We reached Mobile last Tuesday afternoon. Navigating through the downtown harbor in Mobile was a new experience for boat and crew - first taste of salt water, first view of a horizon with nothing but blue water, first encounter with large ships - it ...
Ready, get set, ....
... freu mich schon wahnsinnig. Ist ja klar, ich war noch nie in Panama, und das kann schon aufregend werden. Ich habe eine gute Kontaktperson, die ich im Notfall ansprechen kann. Bekannte von mir hier in Mobile haben dort Verwannte, sehr zuverlässige Leute. ...
Sweet Home, Alabama
... a problem, because my connection in Houston is very tight (1 hour). I imagine, spending hours at the airport waiting to get back to Mobile. We arrive not too late, my seat-mate reassures me, "don't worry, you'll make it". He keeps saying it ...
Driving all day
Mainly drove all day. I watched movies in the car. Planning our stops. Right now our plan is to make it to Diamond National Park in Arkansas so I can find my Mom a big diamond. Blog you ...
Visiting The Beautiful City of Mobile
... seems to be a relatively small city. This morning we went to the 1030 hr. Mass at Immaculate Conception Cathedral in downtown Mobile. The church faces one of several beautiful city squares. The interior of the church is beautiful. We were a little early ...
Katrina
... with a kitchen and bathrooms. FEMA was not paying them benefits so she had taken the Cracker Barrel job. When we got to Mobile, Alabama it was around 5 p.m. and we decided to stop for the night. Joe pulled into a Hampton Inn. Went into the office to ...
Sights of Mobile,Alabama
... Mobile and not New Orleans. Walk to the Museum of Mobile which is nearby.Saw the iron grill styles . Also the history of Mobile was exhibited.Ship building is an industry in this city. of Mobile. Ride the free city trolley.The driver narrates about ...
Day Fifty One
... how to turn the light on inside the dome of the car, so I had to stop every little while to open the door and read the map...I'm glad I did not rent the GPS for $10.99 per day...did just fine without it. Tomorrow we're off to tour Mobile...more later ...
long drive from home
i went with my best friend to his parents home in alabama. he was brining his girlfriend and they needed an accountablilty partner so i chose to go along. his parents had like 7 great danes and alot of land with two stocked ponds. he proposed to her ...
New Orleans is WAY TOO MUCH FUN
... - tell-tale signs of dehydration - well, a quart of gatorade and some icing down and I felt much better. Off to Mobile. Got checked in - gotta worry though - maybe not the best neighborhood when this is what you see on the inside of our hotel ...
Sweer home Alabama !
Quelle ne fût pas ma surprise ce matin au réveil : on a perdu 1 hre !! ;0) Me semblait qu'il était tôt...heureusement que mon cellulaire tient le temps...Il fait encore noir !!! Hier soir nous sommes entrés dans l'Alabama aux lumières ...
USS Alabama
Day 7 Continued April 8, 2010 Waveland, MS to Mobile, AL Mary's Version So, on to Alabama! My 46th state! Missed the "Welcome to Alabama" sign, but again, went into the Alabama welcome center. Another lovely spot, with trees, and huge azaleas, ...
Ready, Get Set, GO
Oh yes, here I go. Mobile is nice, but once in a while you want to get away. This trip took considerably more preparation than my previous ones. Before, all I had to do, was pick a randon spot in Central America, get a flight and hotel, and off I went. ...
Right Place At The Right Time!
... Huffman said in a statement. The blaze was extinguished early Thursday, U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Carlos Vega. Firefighters from Mobile and Coast Guard officials responded after 8:30 p.m. CDT Wednesday to a pair of explosions involving the gas barges in ...
Alabama Sky
So far so good, this post mainly to post some pictures of the sky in alabama that i took in the car on the drive down. Visiting relatives is always nice, and i got to see the brother for the first time this summer, but i'm ready to hit the road i ...
Day One
... weather in Memphis was dreary, grey and misty. Thank goodness I did not have to stay there. On in a tiny CRJ to Mobile. I ended up sleeping most of this flight which was fine. Even exit row seating on a CRJ is no bonus. ...
Country Goodness...Breathe it in
... in Mobile that was as good as it was going to get. My traveling ceased for a several years as I was busy with my adventures at Murphy High School and in Mobile, AL. The next blog records the few places I went from this point to 2010. ...
Hey, Those Logs Have Eyes- and Teeth!
... the banks of the Singing River. We travel through beautifully wooded hillsides passing through a few very small hamlets. Just east of Mobile highway 90 rejoins I-10. Approaching downtown a sign warns us of an upcoming tunnel. You have got to be kidding ...
Boarding Holiday
Very few signs to get to the terminal. Almost made a wrong turn but caught ourselves in time. Long lines to get through security but entertained ourselves listening to the southern drawls/conversations. Was very impressed with how large ...
Words Fail
Since we tarried in the Apalachicolabay Bay area, we knew we would be arriving at The Kate Shepherd House Bed and Breakfast fairly late. Wendy, the owner of the home was very gracious and gave us the secret to let ourselves in. The house and our ...

