Road Trip--Day Two

Day two was a trip from Montgomery to Mobile down I-65.  Mobile is an old coastal town that is much like Savanah and Charleston with lots of large old homes with fancy columns and ironwork.  There were many small parks in the old part of the city with large shady live oak trees.

Our first stop was the Battleship Park where we enjoyed a picnic lunch.

USS Alabama.  There were many other static displays at the park. The following are just a few. 

C47 World War II cargo plane, also known as the "gooney bird"

B 52 bomber 

SR 71 spy plane. The fastest airplane ever built. 

Submarine. No information on this one. 

We toured the Mobile Bay History Museum which was also well worth seeing. Mobile is also big into Mardi Gras. This one of the displays at the museum. 

Later in the day we visited Dauphin Island which is a barrier island just south of Mobile. This is a picture of Fort Gaines located on the east end of the island.  It was established in 1821, it is best known for its role in the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War.  It is much like Fort Macon in NC but not as large.

Dauphin Island is mostly residentual, not a lot of resturants.  We finally found one that overlooked the Gulf of Mexico.  This the view from our table.