A US Coast Guard MH-65D Dolphin air crew passes over the eastern shore late Tuesday morning. Part of the Coast Guardโs fleet of aircraft since 1984, Dolphins have undergone upgrades including new engines, digital technology, flight control, weather radar and navigation systems. At least one such upgraded Dolphin is in use at the Coast Guardโs…
๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐:GSL Maria, a 908 foot by 131 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Liberia, heads into the Port of Mobile the afternoon of FEB 17 2025. Moving at 11 mph with a draught 44 feet, the ship finishes a voyage that began JAN 24th from Busan New Port,…
Southwest Airlines flight 3240 passes over Fairhopeโs Rock Creek Golf Club Sunday afternoon. Captured descending from 10,700 feet or about two miles high, the Boeing 737 moves at a ground speed of 371 knots or 426 miles per hour while preparing to land in Pensacola following an hourโs flight from Houston. Photo shot from Fairhope,…
Valentineโs Day on the eastern shoreโฆ
If youโve been hoping to grab a glimpse of the colorful tulips planted at various locations around Fairhope, the bad news is that most of the tulips City of Fairhope horticulture crews planted about a week and a half ago got wiped out by last weekโs unseasonably warm weather. The good news is: The people…
They donโt make โem like this anymore. Thatโs one of the reasons why Fairhope resident Forrest Beeco is more than happy to hold on to Cali. Short for caliente, which means hot in Spanish, Cali is Beecoโs 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme convertible. With a 350 cubic inch V8 Rocket engine under the hood, Beeco drives…
A friend says, โHe made our Army a better place.โ Stacey H. Kulp, a past commander of Fairhopeโs American Legion Post 199, died FEB 11 2025 of a heart attack. I knew Stacey from the Legion after we moved to Fairhope. In addition to his military career, Stacey ran businesses specializing in cleanup, mold remediation…
On the other side of the Atlantic: A familiar sight in Mobile, the cruise ship Carnival Spirit, off duty from carrying passengers, has passed through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea this afternoon. Spirit is on its way to a Thursday arrival at a shipyard in Marseilles, France where it will go into…
Kingfisher Seafood plans to step up the menu a notch: Colleen and I join friends for dinner at Kingfisher Seafood a week ago tonight. This is our third visit and it turns out, weโre in for a surprise. Given that itโs Tuesday, weโre guessing the place wonโt be busy. Wrong assumption on our part. The…
๐๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐โฆ Competition for providing high speed Internet heats up around here. One provider loses customers while another picks up market share. Here are our experiences with three providers. Your results may be different!๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ค๐ข (๐๐๐๐ก๐)Weโve been Mediacom customers for nearly six years, mainly because thereโs no other viable option at the time we need service….
