First Friday in Fairhope
Boogeying, line dancing, slow dancing, you name it. Good turnout and tons of fun at Fairhope’s OCT 3rd 2025 First Friday/Art Walk celebration featuring music by The Groovinatorsโฆ
Mobile Bay
Final September Sunset
As October settles in, the drop in the number of hours of daylight becomes more obvious. By Halloween, the length of day will have shortened by almost one hour compared to the start of the month. Sunrise in Fairhope, which occurs at 6:45am on the first, moves to 7:05am by the 31st. Another big change…
Combat Ship in Mobile Bay
๐พ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ: The future USS Pierre heads out of Mobile Bay the morning of SEP 30 2025 to begin a series of crew familiarization exercises. Built by Mobile-based Austal USA, Littoral Combat Ship or LCS 38 (as itโs currently named), is the nineteenth and last of the Independence class-variants to be…
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.
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 Mobileโs 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…
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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Goodyear Blimp Over Mobile Bay
Wingfoot Two, a 246 foot long by 52 foot wide airship operated by Goodyear, passes over Mobile Bay at midday SEP 10 2025. Captured around 2,300 feet up, the ship heads east at a ground speed of 41 knots or 47 mph. Capable of carrying up to twelve people, Wingfoot Two, powered by three 200…