Road Trip--Days Eight, Nine and Ten

Oh no! Not another fort. Yes, we visited another fort. This one is located directly across Mobile Bay from Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island that we visited on day two. Fort Morgan is located just west of Gulf Shores. 

Circa 1834. It is like Fort Gaines, Fort Macon in North Carolina and many other forts build by the federal government during this period. 

Although it was built by the US Government, it was taken by the Confederates and was involved in the Battle of Mobile Bay. After the War it was decommissioned and then recommissioned for WW's I and II but saw no action. 

Mobile Bay has many oil rigs. This one was very near the shore at Fort Morgan so I took a photo. It is  much larger than it looks in this photograph.  An impressive site for a retired engineer such as myself.  I would like know how much it costs to build and operate one of these massive rigs.  I can now see a little better why the cost of crude oil is so high. 

The rest of the trip involved a visit to picturesque Fairhope (sorry, no photos) a small town on the shores of Mobile Bay, a very short visit with son in law Matt's parents in Montgomery and a very, very boring drive up the  interstates home. 

A total of over 1800 miles on this little road trip and my butt is worn out. We had a great time, and I am glad we did it. We saw a lot of this country that we would not have seen had we flown. No more road trips for us in the near future.