Sweet Home Alabama

Seriously?  We thought we'd left Mississippi behind when we left the Natches Trace.

So here's a geography lesson.  Mississippi had to have their piece of the coast, like Biloxi, Gulf Port.  Since Mississippi is one of my top five favorite states this was not a hardship.

There it was...the Gulf of Mexico.  Wow.  Beautiful white sand beaches.  However, the beauty of nature also reflects the fury of nature's past.  It's been eight years since Katrina in 2005, 21 since Andrew in 1992 and then there was Ivan in 2004.

Old photo of the aftermath in 2004 Alabama shoreline.  Many homes were leveled with only foundations remaining after eight years.  Main reason I've heard is the flood and storm insurance is too expensive.



Lots of trees have not recovered, many died.

This pier was seriously damaged and not restored.

This beautiful home was most likely restored after sustaining serious damage.  It is directly across the road from the water.











There will always be some creative people who will make lemonade when handed a lemon.  A tragic remnant of nature's rath is transformed into another work of art.

This little guy is either a new plant or a pruned back version of what use to be.












Many areas along the route are sprinkled with foundations, lone standing chimmneys, a staircase leading to the sky.

More creative use of tree stumps.











A post foundation with it's house missing.

 You can see some of the damage in what's remaining of the trees that marked this destination site.

Got to love this art.  Excuse any blurry photos.  Some of these came up so fast we were almost past them before I could whip the camera up.

A fuzzy seahorse.

Neat pelican on the top of this stump.






















Goodbye Louisiana and Mississippi.  On to Alabama.


These state line signs and welcome signs always seem to come along when I most expect them...then I nearly miss them.

Skyline of downtown Mobile, Alabama

 We were committed to this upcoming tunnel and I prayed we had the GPS set to RV so it would warn us if the tunnel was low.

Heck, we could have carried an RV on top of us through this tunnel.  It was huge.

Go to the light....go to the light.















USS Alabama battleship and Duma Submarine open to tour.  We'll do this on Sunday.

Lucy and Lilly slept nearly the whole trip.  It's a tough job but someone had to do it.  Thank you girls for all your hard work.

We arrive after a grueling trek through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama...half the world you know...to arrive at Styx River RV Park, 165 miles from our morning departure in Abita Springs, LA.  It's definitely warming up a little, finally.

We're in our sites, side by side, firepit out front, people we've met at other parks stopping by to enjoy the fire and visit.  This is the life.  It's still cold at night so we're back inside early to thaw out.  Tomorrow's another day to play.

Thanks for your visit.  See you again real soon.