A Ride with Friends to Fairhope, AL

April 13, 2023 On Monday (April 10), there was a knocking on our door. A new friend, Ann, from across the road stopped by to ask us, in her charming Irish accent, if we’d like to join them for a ride. That sounded fun to us. The weather was beautiful, sunny skies in the 60s […]

The Strawberry Festival in Loxley, AL

April 11, 2023 It poured rain most of Saturday (April 8, 2023), so we spent the day inside the RV instead of going to the Strawberry Festival, On Sunday, the rain had stopped. It was a cool (in the 50s degrees F) day. I still wanted to go to the Strawberry Festival at the Loxley […]

West Pensacola in Florida, Road Trip – Part 2

April 4, 2023 After we decided to leave the park, we looked for attractions in the area using Google maps. Bruce noticed a bird sanctuary nearby and I mentioned that we rode past on the way to the park. The reviews were positive and the cost was $5 a person, which covered the cost of […]

West Pensacola in Florida, Road Trip – Part 1

April 3, 2023 We need to pick up Nox’s medicine from a CVS in Florida since our veterinarian’s office can’t call in the prescription for out of state. West Pensacola is very close to where we are staying, so it isn’t a big deal to ride to the CVS. We rode the motorcycle to the […]

Meet Up with Fellow Blogger

April 1, 202 Beth, from A Year of Kayaking, stopped by today. She is traveling to Louisiana from Florida and I was on her way. We had a lovely visit. Nox enjoyed meeting Beth as well. Nox started to bark then realized that Beth was a nice person. Since Beth was nice person, Nox wanted […]

Elberta German Sausage Festival in Elberta, Alabama

March 27, 2023 On Saturday, we decided to go to the Elberta German Sausage Festival that benefits the Elberta Fire Department and other local nonprofits. The German Sausage Festival is held twice a year, the last Saturday of March and the last Saturday of October. We had wanted to take the motorcycle, but with rain […]

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 […]