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 […]

Gulf State Park in Alabama

March 15, 2023 On Monday (March 13), we decided to head to Gulf State Park and see what it looked like. Nox was ready to go with us when I asked her if she wanted to go in the truck. Bruce drove down the Baldwin Beach Express, which turns into the Foley Beach Express. We […]

Honey Bee Park in Robertsdale, AL

March 5, 2023 We looked on Google Maps to find more parks nearby after our disappointment in finding two parks closed along the Mobile Bay. We thought we would stop at Gordon Coley Memorial Park, which is a veterans memorial park. It turned out there was no parking, so we didn’t stop. Bruce pulled off […]

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. […]