Fairhope Arts & Crafts Festival
๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ: Fairhopeโs 73rd Arts and Crafts Festival kicks offโฆ
Author: David Black
The haven: A Mission of Hope
If you ask Michael Graham what his groupโs mission is in two words, โgiving hopeโ is what youโre likely to hear. Graham is Executive Director of The Haven, an organization Fairhope is fortunate to have. A no-kill animal shelter, the group works to end pet homelessness by placing dogs and cats in loving, caring environments….
Sailing Mobile Bay
One way to relax on a Sunday afternoon on Mobile Bay…
“Black Gold, Texas Tea”
Blackcomb Spirit, a 797 foot by 137 foot crude oil tanker sailing under the flag of Bahamas, passes Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay while on its way into the port of Mobile the afternoon of MAR 9 2025. Moving at 12 mph with a draught of 36 feet, the ship finishes a voyage from Houston….
Fighter Jets Over Fairhope
Donโt be surprised to hear the roar of fighter jets and see unusual aircraft overhead around the eastern shore this weekend. Members of the Classic Jet Aircraft Association are holding their annual โFly-inโ gathering through Sunday. Not a public airshow, but just a convening of aviation enthusiasts who enjoy preserving and flying vintage fighter aircraft….
Maybe Not Becoming A Reef?
๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐จ: ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ก? The SS United States may have a future other than being sunk to become a reef. In port only two days since being towed from Philadelphia to Mobile, discussions are already underway about offering low cost cruises on the ship to destinations truly…
Winds Before The Storms
๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฉ? Itโs so windy along the eastern shore MAR 4th 2025 that you can see water in Mobile Bay being blown from the shore back out into the Bayโฆ
SS United States in Mobile Bay
๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ซ๐ค๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ค๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ: Once considered the zenith of American shipbuilding, the SS United States, an engineering marvel said to be the greatest liner to ever be built, is towed into Mobile Bay Monday morning, MAR 3rd 2025. Gutted and void of the fittings and furnishings that once earned her…
Navy Clipper Over Fairhope
๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐: A US Navy Boeing C-40A Clipper passes over Fairhopeโs Montrose community Saturday morning shortly after taking off from the Pensacola Naval Air Station. Captured climbing from about 23,000 feet or about 4.3 miles up, the aircraft moves at a ground speed of 390 knots or 448 mph. Used…
Mardis Gras Maids of Jubilee
A blast had by all: The FEB 28 2025 Maids of Jubilee parade in Fairhopeโฆ