We spent the day exploring more of the Island. We went to Fort Gaines, a civil war fort on the eastern tip of the island. There is another fort on another island and these two forts were suppose to guard Mobile Bay. It was during the battle of Mobile bay that one of the captains on a ship yelled, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." One of the union ships in the battle hit a torpedo (a mine) and sank very quickly. This caused some confusion with the union fleet and seeing this the captain of another ship yelled these famous words.
After the fort we had a picnic lunch looking out at the water. Michael and I walked down to the beach and he explored the rocks for a while. He found a small piece of sea glass. I got to pet a really cute Chihuahua and just enjoyed sitting in the sun.
We then stopped by the Estuary and walked their boardwalk. We didn't go inside the Sea Lab but they had a touch tank outside with Rays and a couple of tiny sharks.
We wanted to make dinner in our hotel tonight since it has a kitchen so we stopped and picked up some eggs and English muffins. Then on our friend Willow's advice we went and got ice cream. It was very good...thanks for the tip Willow!
We also spent a little time back on the beach close to the hotel. Michael and Jacob actually went in a little. I thought it was COLD!!
I called and made our reservation for our swamp tour tomorrow. I am excited for that!!
After the fort we had a picnic lunch looking out at the water. Michael and I walked down to the beach and he explored the rocks for a while. He found a small piece of sea glass. I got to pet a really cute Chihuahua and just enjoyed sitting in the sun.
We then stopped by the Estuary and walked their boardwalk. We didn't go inside the Sea Lab but they had a touch tank outside with Rays and a couple of tiny sharks.
We wanted to make dinner in our hotel tonight since it has a kitchen so we stopped and picked up some eggs and English muffins. Then on our friend Willow's advice we went and got ice cream. It was very good...thanks for the tip Willow!
We also spent a little time back on the beach close to the hotel. Michael and Jacob actually went in a little. I thought it was COLD!!
I called and made our reservation for our swamp tour tomorrow. I am excited for that!!
I went to the bathroom, when I came back these we on my camera....thanks jake!
These ovens were really cool!!
Interesting story.....This "ship" was thrown into a house by a hurricane in the 1990's. They could tell that it was built in the 1800's or before but they couldn't discover anything else about it.
These things are everywhere here. We thought they were oil rigs but we learned they are drilling for natural gas. They pump it straight to the mainland from the rigs.
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