Battleship Memorable Park – Part 4 – USS Drum

March 21, 2023 After touring the Aircraft Pavilion, we walked outside to tour the World War II Submarine, the USS Drum. There was an easy platform to climb to get to the upper deck of the submarine. You can see the top of the platform next to the submarine. The self guided tour started forward, […]

Battleship Memorial Park – Part 3 – Aircraft Pavilion

March 19, 2023 After touring the battleship USS Alabama, we headed back inside of the Aircraft Pavilion. The Aircraft Pavilion had mini theaters set up in front of the various aircrafts using old theater seats or folding chairs in front of large screen TVs. These mini theaters were playing history programs about the wars and […]

Battleship Memorial Park – Part 2 – The USS Alabama

March 18, 2023 See the previous post for Part 1. This post is about our self guided tour of the USS Alabama. This is another picture heavy post. After we paid, we stopped at the restrooms before following the signs to the USS Alabama. We walked up the first ramp (there are two ramps). On […]

Battleship Memorial Park on Mobile Bay in Alabama – Part 1

March 17, 2023 Yesterday, we rode the motorcycle to see the Battleship Memorial Park. It has the USS Alabama and the USS Drum, as well as many tanks and aircraft. As you turn onto the road into the park, you are greeted by two large guns, one on either side of the entrance. You have […]

Tallahassee Automobile Museum, Part 2

February 21, 2023 After walking around the second floor, we headed down the ramp to the first floor of the museum. Corvettes, Thunderbirds, Mustangs, and Trans Ams gleamed along the walls. Older cars lined the back wall. They had several old electric cars and even a Stanley Steamer. This reminded me of Colorado and our […]

Other Sights at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum, Part 1

February 21, 2023 This is a picture heavy post because I want to share the fun we had at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum in Florida. The museum is not just an automobile museum. They also have a lot of sports memorabilia, soap box racers, engines of various sorts, motorcycles, boats, dolls, knives, Star Trek memorabilia, […]

Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Batmaaaaaan!

February 20, 2023 I am breaking up the post of the Tallahassee Automobile Museum into two post since I took so many pictures. The Batman exhibit was in the upstairs corner, opposite the ramp. Unfortunately, the museum was experiencing problems with the LED lighting strips they had installed to replace the florescent lighting in the […]

Walking Around the Grounds of the Tallahassee Automobile Museum in Florida

February 20, 2023 On February 12 (Sunday), Nox need to stretch her legs a bit, so we took her for a walk around the Tallahassee Automotive Museum grounds before it got dark. It was an interesting walk. Just walking around outside was nice. We were really looking forward to seeing the museum in the morning. […]

What a Moving Day!

February 19, 2023 Our time at Blythe Island Regional Park in Georgia came to an end on Sunday, February 12. Saturday, it rained all day, so we couldn’t do our normal outside preparations. I did as much as possible inside to be prepared to leave on Sunday. We wanted to leave early on Sunday to […]

Visiting Museums in Franklin, KY

September 7, 2022 On Saturday (September 3), the weather was beautiful. To take advantage of the lovely sunny and cool weather, Bruce drove us into Historic Downtown Franklin, KY. Franklin is a beautiful small town. We parked by at the courthouse square under shade trees and walked to the Franklin Museum. We got a tour […]