Well, not quite, but we are on one end of an island in the Gulf of Mexico. We arrived late yesterday afternoon after an eventful day accented by coincidence and apparent near misses. The day began with the discovery through a Facebook post that a friend was a few spaces down from us at Davis Bayou. I met Linda, from Kansas at a Midwest Glampers gathering last summer at Starved Rock in Illinois. I might have recognized her trailer, "Madame Butterfly,' but she was traveling with a friend in a different trailer. So it was pretty amazing that we connected.
After packing up, we headed east on Interstate 10, crossing several more of those high bridges that seem to be every few miles here in the south. At Mobile, we left 10 and headed south under instructions from Butch's sister Mary to check out the town of Fairhope, AL. It is a lovely place with lots of interesting looking shops and restaurants but not easily negotiable with a trailer. We were able to park down by the bay, walk out on the pier, and have a great lunch at a place called "Down by the Bay." Clever.
Then east again to Pensacola, across two causeways to Santa Rosa Island. The first part of the drive on the island is through the worst vestiges of commercialization with high rises, fast food places and casinos to the west end which is protected as part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. This is part of the same park as Davis Bayou. The campground is full and sites fairly close together but the scenery beautiful. The forecast is for warmer weather than most places we've been, 60s and 70s, but coupled with high wind advisories. Of course. We hope to do some biking and visit the WWII gun emplacements and Fort Pickens, built in 1834 and named for the Revolutionary general who fought along side Nathanael Greene, Dan Morgan and the Swamp Fox at Cowpens and Ninety-Six. And we will no doubt take in the Naval Air museum in Pensacola. Another attraction of the Fort Pickens campground is the camp store with a laundromat.
Last night on the local news, they reported wildfires and burning cars along I10 east of Mobile in the afternoon. Lucky we turned off to go to Fairhope. Thanks, Mary.
Then east again to Pensacola, across two causeways to Santa Rosa Island. The first part of the drive on the island is through the worst vestiges of commercialization with high rises, fast food places and casinos to the west end which is protected as part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. This is part of the same park as Davis Bayou. The campground is full and sites fairly close together but the scenery beautiful. The forecast is for warmer weather than most places we've been, 60s and 70s, but coupled with high wind advisories. Of course. We hope to do some biking and visit the WWII gun emplacements and Fort Pickens, built in 1834 and named for the Revolutionary general who fought along side Nathanael Greene, Dan Morgan and the Swamp Fox at Cowpens and Ninety-Six. And we will no doubt take in the Naval Air museum in Pensacola. Another attraction of the Fort Pickens campground is the camp store with a laundromat.
Last night on the local news, they reported wildfires and burning cars along I10 east of Mobile in the afternoon. Lucky we turned off to go to Fairhope. Thanks, Mary.
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