Sailing Mobile Bay
Taking advantage of a spring-like breeze on Mobile Bay on SEP 24 2025. Mobile’s skyline is roughly fourteen miles away. Photo shot from Fairhope.
David Black
Gentle Seas From Ireland
Gentle Seas, a 656 foot by 105 foot bulk carrier sailing under the flag of Liberia, passes Gaillard Island on the way into Mobile’s McDuffie coal terminal the morning of SEP 24 2025. With a draught of 22 feet, the ship moves at 13 mph while finishing a sixteen day voyage that began SEP 8th…
Half and Half Seafood Platter
Colleen and I stop in at Kingfisher Seafood Restaurant. She goes for the grilled salmon ($25), while I can’t resist the call for a Half and Half platter ($23) with fried shrimp and catfish. When our food shows up, we know a feast awaits. Colleen says her salmon is excellent. Same for my platter; the…
Murder Mystery Fun in Fairhope
Who killed the owner of Dexter’s Bar, turning Happy Hour into Unhappy Hour? Was it karate expert Marshall Hartz? Or Marilyn with the movie star resemblance? What about Willie Crash, the drunk pilot? Or Ivanna Cash or Delores Delgatto, the cocktail waitresses? The killer could be Ginny Tonic, the author. Or perhaps Candi, the prostitute,…
Farmer’s Market SEP 18 2025
Mushrooms, honey, cupcakes, brittle, locally raised beef, granola, persimmons 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
Ocean Sentry Over Fairhope
A US Coast Guard CASA HC-144A Ocean Sentry flies north along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay the morning of SEP 15 2025. Captured about 3,400 feet high, the aircraft moves at a ground speed of 171 knots or 196 mph. A fixed-wing dual turboprop aircraft, the Ocean Sentry is recognized for its ability to…
Monarchs In Fairhope
Monarch butterflies spend time along the eastern shore SEP 14th 2025. The monarch population across eastern north America migrates each autumn from the north and central US and southern Canada to Florida and Mexico, covering distances that can be thousands of miles. Monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains often head to southern California, but have…
Fairhope’s The Blind Tiger
Smash burger and Cantina shrimp taco at The Blind Tiger on the Fairhope pier: It’s what’s for dinner SEP 12 2025…Smash burger: Beef has excellent taste, would definitely get this again…Cantina shrimp taco: Very good flavor, but messy to eatService: GoodAtmosphere: Very pleasantBottom line: We’d go back
Sunset Over Mobile Bay
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Allegiant Air Over Fairhope
Allegiant Air flight 1358 passes over Battles Wharf the afternoon of SEP 12th 2025 while descending to land at Gulf Shores. From about 3,400 feet up, the Airbus A320 is captured slowing from a ground speed of 273 knots or 314 mph, while concluding a one hour twenty minute flight from Belleville/St. Louis. Based in…