A huge turnout as members of Fairhope Elks Lodge 1879 hold their Tuesday grand reopening MAR 17th 2026, combined with a celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, complete with a meal fitting the occasion. The night marks the first night for the Lodge to resume being open on Tuesdays, expanding the group’s operating hours to seven…
A U.S. Air Force Boeing E-3B Sentry flies over Fairhope while on a training mission the morning of MAR 17th 2026. Captured 31,025 feet or 5.8 miles up, the aircraft moves at a ground speed of 433 knots or 498 mph while flying patterns from Baldwin county on the west to Santa Rosa Island, FL,…
Allegiant Air flight 442 passes over Mobile Bay and Battles Wharf late Monday morning while preparing to land in Gulf Shores. Captured around 4,000 feet high, the Airbus A320 slows from a ground speed of 324 knots or 372 mph while concluding the just under two hour flight from Des Moines, IA. Photo shot from…
𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙭𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙮: You can try fixing it yourself when someone driving by accidentally hits your mailbox, knocking it loose from its support and wobbling like it’s about to fall. My repair effort seems good for a while, but then it starts wobbling again. So we call Jim Biniecki, Fairhope’s…
Colleen and I visit four restaurants recently, and all of ‘em provide great meals and service. We are blessed to have really good places to dine around Fairhope and the eastern shore! Want to live on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay and enjoy great meals like these? Reach out and we’ll help! Colleen and…
Allegiant Air flight 417 passes over Saraceno’s restaurant in Fairhope the afternoon of MAR 12 2026, while starting a flight from Gulf Shores to Nashville. Captured about 2.5 miles up, the Boeing 737 moves at 341 knots or 392 mph as it begins the flight of just over one hour. Photo shot from Fairhope, roughly…
MSC Javelin IX, a 1,094 foot by 141 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Portugal, heads out of Mobile Bay the morning of MAR 5th 2026. With 38 feet of the ship below the water line, the vessel moves at 12 mph while beginning a voyage to Tampa. According to ship manifests, MSC…
Lots of bakin’, cookin’, scramblin’ and stirrin’ as members of Fairhope Elks Lodge 1879 hold a welcome-to-March brunch Sunday, MAR 1st. The Lodge is blessed to have an outstanding food prep crew who turn out what’s described as an awesome meal. Hungry members show up to find two types of scrambled eggs (plus Benedict), bacon,…
Maersk Saigon, a 1,089 foot by 141 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Singapore, passes Gaillard Island on its way into the port of Mobile MAR 4th 2026. With a draught of 34 feet, the ship moves at 12 mph while finishing a trip from Houston. According to ship manifests, Maersk Saigon’s cargo…
The US Naval hospital ship Mercy–seen leaving Mobile FEB 24th–moves through the Panama Canal MAR 2nd 2026 as part of a voyage to America’s west coast. Mercy is expected to arrive in Portland, OR, on MAR 20th where it’s expected to go into drydock with more repairs planned, lasting until September…