Colleen and I visit four restaurants recently, and all of ‘em provide great meals and service. We are blessed to have really good places to dine around Fairhope and the eastern shore! Want to live on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay and enjoy great meals like these? Reach out and we’ll help! Colleen and…
Allegiant Air flight 417 passes over Saraceno’s restaurant in Fairhope the afternoon of MAR 12 2026, while starting a flight from Gulf Shores to Nashville. Captured about 2.5 miles up, the Boeing 737 moves at 341 knots or 392 mph as it begins the flight of just over one hour. Photo shot from Fairhope, roughly…
MSC Javelin IX, a 1,094 foot by 141 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Portugal, heads out of Mobile Bay the morning of MAR 5th 2026. With 38 feet of the ship below the water line, the vessel moves at 12 mph while beginning a voyage to Tampa. According to ship manifests, MSC…
Maersk Saigon, a 1,089 foot by 141 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Singapore, passes Gaillard Island on its way into the port of Mobile MAR 4th 2026. With a draught of 34 feet, the ship moves at 12 mph while finishing a trip from Houston. According to ship manifests, Maersk Saigon’s cargo…
The US Naval hospital ship Mercy–seen leaving Mobile FEB 24th–moves through the Panama Canal MAR 2nd 2026 as part of a voyage to America’s west coast. Mercy is expected to arrive in Portland, OR, on MAR 20th where it’s expected to go into drydock with more repairs planned, lasting until September…
CMA CGM Legacy, an 879 foot by 141 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Malta, arrives at the port of Mobile the afternoon of FEB 25th 2026. With a draught of 44 feet, the ship moves at 12 mph while finishing a day’s trip from Houston. According to ship manifests, CMA CGM Legacy’s…
Moving at 11 mph, the US Naval Ship Mercy passes Gaillard Island while heading out of Mobile Bay the morning of FEB 24 2026. Sailing under the flag of USA, the 893 foot by 105 foot Mercy is one of two hospital ships in non-commissioned service under the Navy’s Military Sealift Command. Mercy arrived at…
Looking at the flower beds around Fairhope is always a treat… Photos by David Black
𝙇𝙤𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧: CMA CGM Rhone, a 984 foot by 158 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Malta, pulls into the port of Mobile FEB 15th 2026. With a draught of 41 feet, the ship moves at 14 mph while finishing a three day…
Conti Cortesia, a 1,095 foot by 140 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Malta, heads into the port of Mobile the morning of FEB 12th 2026, moving at 12 mph. With a draught of 40 feet, the ship finishes a trip from Houston. According to ship manifests, Conti Cortesia’s cargo includes more than…
