April 10, 2011

This is me sitting under the umbrella having a Margaretta at the restaurant near where we were docked for eight days.  Fairhope, Al, a great place to be stuck for an extended time.  We had to have the wheels (props for the non-mariner) repaired.  Luck have it there are two repair shops in Mobile and the owner of one died the week we pulled in and that left only one repair shop.  So, we were delayed waiting on our wheels.

Point Clear where the Marriott Grand Hotel is located.  The Hotel served as a hospital during the Civil War and has been rebuilt several times.  We had a grand buffet on Sunday, Champagne,  band, and everything you could imagine to eat.

Rudy looking over the Mobile Bay from the Grand Hotel.

Now this is the place.  Wenzels.  A local bar/restaurant in Fairhope.  We went twice it was so good.  We sat at the oyster bar and ate four dozen shucked oysters and drank beer.  My kind of place.

(don't know how to rotate the pictures yet)

We finally left Fairhope and headed for Pensacola.  On the way we passed LuLu's, Jimmy Buffet's sisters place.  It was wild and crazy, but we had 1lb of shrimp and fresh tuna dip, and of course a beer. 

This is a picture of the back yard of LuLu's.  Huge piles of beach sand were brought in for the kids (and adults) to play in.

Miss Ellen in Nashville, don't  know how this picture got here out of order.

 Picture of LuLu's from the intercostal waterway

Fog began to move in before we got to Pensacola so stopped at Bear Point Marina, about 10 miles this side of Pensacola.

Sunday, still at Bear  Point due to Fog.

Us at Bear Point Marina.  Don't we look happy?

Forgot to show this.  This is me taking our dog Lucy back and forth to the shore when we anchored out.