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…
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…
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
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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…
Eastern shore residents out to grab a look at the day’s conclusion…
Not what Orville Capps was expectingโฆ
Sunset SEP 1st in Fairhope occurred at 7:14, bringing 12 hours and 46 minutes of daylight to a close. By SEP 30th, sunset moves up 37 minutes to 6:37. The days grow shorter, dropping from 12 hours and 46 minutes on the first of the month to 11 hours 53 minutes by Septemberโs end. Sunrise…
๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ: Itโs amazing who you can run into while taking a stroll in a Fairhope park. My interest in looking for an alligator brings me to North Beach park where a woman walks along the edge of the water, looking for the gator, too. We never see the gator but…
CMA CGM Attila, a 1,099 foot by 140 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Malta, passes Middle Bay Lighthouse as it enters the Gulf on a dayโs voyage to New Orleans on AUG 31 2025. With a draught of 39 feet, the ship moves at 13 mph. According to ship manifests, CMA CGM…