Lots of produce including cucumbers, squash and onions plus mushrooms, cookies, bread and lemon blueberry cake. And wow, are the strawberries ever good… About the market: Spring 2026 dates: APR 9th – JUN 25th When: Thursdays 2pm-6pm Where: Behind Fairhope Public Library Next Saturday market: MAY 2nd – 8am-Noon
With its distinctive 30-foot rotating radar dome easily visible, a US Air Force Boeing E-3G Sentry passes over southern Mobile Bay APR 16th 2026 while on a training mission out of Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. Captured at an altitude of 32,025 feet or about six miles high, the aircraft moves at a ground…
Maersk Finisterre, an 869 foot by 124 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Singapore, passes Gaillard Island on its way into the port of Mobile Wednesday morning. With a draught of 34 feet, the ship moves at 11 mph while finishing a voyage from Houston. According to ship manifests, Maersk Finisterre’s cargo includes…
Shortages of crude oil in Europe, Asia and uncertainty about the Strait of Hormuz as well as surging prices are causing a sharp increase in petrochemical tankers heading to the United States. During a typical month, around 110 tankers arrive at various ports in the Gulf of America, according to Windward, a company specializing in…
Making its final spring departure, the passenger ship Carnival Spirit passes Gaillard Island on its way out of Mobile Bay APR 13th 2026. Moving at 12 mph, Spirit begins a sixteen day voyage that will bring the ship through the Panama Canal Friday, along with stops in Puntarenas, Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica and Cabo San…
No shortage of wind on Mobile Bay APR 12th 2026 for the final day of the Performance Regattas Fast Eddie Cup, a competition featuring Birdyfish foiling sailboats. Foiling is when–with sufficient wind–the sailboats become airborne with only their foils moving through water. Elevation of the boat reduces drag, increasing speed. If you missed getting to…
The passenger ship Carnival Spirit heads out of Mobile Bay early the evening of Easter Sunday 2026 as it begins a trip to the port of Grand Bahama in the Bahamas.Spirit is scheduled to arrive back in Mobile APR 12th. After the current trip, Spirit has one more voyage scheduled out of Mobile before leaving…
A US Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon passes over Fairhope’s Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education while on a training flight MAR 23 2026. Captured about 1,800 feet up, the aircraft moves at a ground speed of 187 knots or 215 mph while lining up to practice a touch-and-go landing at Brookley Field in Mobile. Known…
𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨, 𝙛𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙: OOCL Washington, a 1,059 foot by 140 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Hong Kong, passes Gaillard Island on its way into the port of Mobile MAR 22 2026. With a draught of 42 feet, the ship finishes a twelve day voyage from Long Beach, CA….
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…
