Alabama Here We Are

Alabama Coastline Fun Facts:

• Alabama state bird is Northern Flicker
• State flower is Camellia
• The coastline offers four diverse ecosystems, all uniquely located within one area (live oak forest, wet longleaf pine savanna, fresh water marsh and small stream swamp forest).  
• Is home to a massive monarch  butterfly migration in  March, April, September and October.
• Has the  nations's first and largest organized artificial reef program.
• The Gulf Coast of Alabama has some of the purest, whitest sand. 

Made it; Our first time in Alabama, stopped at the Welcome Center to get the scoop

 Then on to Styx River Resort in Robertsdale, Al

The campground has a lot of cabins

Fun night of Karaoke

Sunday after Church there was a fish fry

Catfish caught by the Pastor, the fella in Blue and red fish caught by the park manager.  Great dinner !

There was a lot to do here, we went west to the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile.

Tom checking out the gunner seat

USS Alabama

Lots of places to explore on the ship

There was also  planes on the grounds along with an aircraft pavilion.

Also tanks and Artillery

The USS Drum was also on the grounds which you could tour.

And a gift shop, couldn't help ourselves

Of course we had to get to the beach.

Gulf Shores Alabama

Try to dock your boat at the beach in Jersey

Serious boating

Embarked on the ferry from Fort Morgan to Dauphine Island, Al.

Exon/Mobil platform in the Mobile Bay

Enjoying the ride

By Fort Gains on Dauphin Island

The Estuarium Research Center at Dauphine Island is an educational public aquarium highlighting the four key habitats of coastal Alabama.

Remember red right return

Captain Pam

On the way home saw these cool Airstream food trucks.  

Blue Angel practice show in Pensacola, Fl.  

Impressive

The National Naval Aviation Museum is located at the same place. 

This speaks for itself  

This dog belonged  to soldiers in WW II

President Tom, this was Tricky Dick's copter.

Lunar doohickey

Plane used to train pilots during WWII in Lake Michigan.  It was fished out of the lake.

Blue Angels Planes

Pam checking out the afterburner

Shots from the museum

Stay tuned 

Styx River Resort-OCP
Robertsdale, Al
***We would not call this park a resort,  we read the reviews online and were disappointed upon arrival.  This is a campground with gravel sites, some concrete pads and some level sites, very hilly campground.  There was a large rec center with indoor and outdoor pool.  The staff was pleasant, nice activities, a very friendly park. The bathrooms and shower rooms were cleaned but very primitive.  AT&T phone and satellite were good.  Watch out for overhanging branches when towing.  Please note this is our personal opinion.