Living, Loving Fairhope…
Scenes from around Fairhope shot OCT 12 2025. Photos by David Black…
Colleen Black
The Grinch Is On board
CMA CGM Orfeo, a 1,148 foot by 140 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Germany, heads out of Mobile Bay the afternoon of OCT 12th 2025, setting course for Singapore. With a draught of 41 feet, the ship moves at 13 mph while beginning a trip expected to finish NOV 22nd. According to…
Allegiant Up Close and Personal
Allegiant Air flight 393 makes a direct pass over Fairhope’s Magnolia Beach early the afternoon of OCT 12th 2025 while wrapping up a flight from Cincinnati to Gulf Shores. Captured around 3,800 feet up, the Airbus A320 slows from a ground speed of about 247 knots or 294 mph as it concludes the one hour…
American Airlines Over Fairhope
American Airlines flight 2136 passes over Jubilee Suites Bed and Breakfast in Fairhope the afternoon of OCT 11 2025 while on a flight from Orlando to Dallas. Captured 34,000 feet or 6.4 miles high, the Airbus A321 moves at a ground speed of 436 knots or 501 mph during the roughly two hour twenty minute…
Alabama’s 650 Mile Paddle Race
Fresh off a change to a different kayak, Granby, MO, resident Jake VanLue crosses under the Fairhope pier early the morning of OCT 11th 2025 as part of a 650 mile paddle race that began seven days earlier. Billed as the longest such race in the nation, the Great Alabama 650 allows contestants ten days…
End Of An Era In Mobile Bay
Its final time to be seen in Mobile Bay, LCS 38, or the future USS Pierre, passes Gaillard Island the morning of OCT 10th 2025, while heading to assignment with the US Navy. The 418 foot by 104 foot vessel is the last Independence class variant warship to be built for the Navy by Austal…
Saga Fortune Leaves Mobile
Saga Fortune, a 655 foot by 105 general cargo vessel sailing under the flag of Bahamas, heads out of Mobile Bay the afternoon of OCT 9th 2025 as it begins a day’s voyage to Port Manatee, FL. With a draught of 30 feet, the ship moves at 13 mph. According to ship manifests, Saga Fortune…
Farmer’s Market: OCT 9th 2025
Pecans, locally raised poultry, peanut butter flavored dog treats, fettuccine, corn, carrot cake and more… About the market: Fall 2025 dates: SEP 4th – NOV 13th Where: Behind Fairhope Public Library When: Thursdays, 2pm-6pm during SEP/OCT, 2pm-5pm during NOV
Poseidon Over Battles wharf
A US Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon passes over Battles Wharf in Fairhope OCT 8th 2025 while the crew practices touch-and-go landings at Brookley Field in Mobile. Poseidons–which specialize in detecting and attacking enemy submarines–are based at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL and NAS Whidbey Island, WA. How much would you have to dig out of…
Watching The Day Wind Down
End of the day over Mobile Bay, Alabama on OCT 7th 2025. Photo by David Black