Free Bird's Adventures: 2002 ~ June 29-July 6, Luxury RV Campground Gulf Shores, Crossing Mobile Bay, Theadore, AL & Biloxi, MS

Sunday, June 28, 2015

2002 ~ June 29-July 6, Luxury RV Campground Gulf Shores, Crossing Mobile Bay, Theadore, AL & Biloxi, MS

Hubby drove our Damon Escaper RV to Gulf Shores, Alabama

We stayed at Luxury RV Campground in Gulf Shores from June 29-July 6.

Saturday, June 29, 2002
We spent most of the day riding to Gulf Shores which takes about six hours. We rode our bicycles to Gulf Shores beach.

Sunday, June 30, 2002
We rode to Biloxi, Mississippi where we spent the day, we saw the Beau Rivage Casino, President Casino Boardwalk Resort and Biloxi Light lighthouse.

Casino

Treasure Bay Casino

Biloxi MS

Monday, July 1, 2002
We rode over to Pensacola, where we toured the Naval Airplane Museum, we ate supper at Lambert's Café III "the home of the trowed rolls" in Foley. Come Hungry, leave full & Hopefully have a laugh or two!

Tuesday, July 2, 2002

We toured Fort Meyers “Morgan,” in Mobile Bay, we rode the ferry across Mobile Bay over to Dauphin Island.

Ferry taking Cars across Mobile Bay

Riding the ferry across Mobile Bay

Crossing the Mobile Bay

Tall Ship that we saw as we crossed the Mobile Bay

We saw many people boating, sailing, and fishing.

Wednesday, July 3, 2002

We drove to Bellingrath Gardens located at 12401 Bellingrath Gardens Road Theodore, Al 36582.

The Bellingrath Gardens are located on sixty-five acres of Southern Estate, including the rose garden.

We saw the Delchamps Gallery of Boehm Porcelain, it is the largest public collection of Boehm porcelain in the states.

In the Bellingrath home, we saw priceless antiques and furniture.

Bellingrath Gardens

Inside Bellingrath Museum

Bellingrath Gardens

We took a relaxing scenic cruise along the Fowl River aboard the Southern Belle River Boat, we saw some of the most secular natural sights.
Mobile Bay is the perfect place to connect with nature, we saw Osprey, pelicans, blue herons, seagulls, egrets, and songbirds.

Riding the Southern Belle Cruise boat

Bird in Nest

taking the Southern Belle Cruise boat

Waiting on the Southern Belle boat

The freshwater mixes with the saltwater of the bay, there are many lovely homes along Mobile Bay.

Mobile Bay is loaded with vegetation of the delta grass, Spanish moss, live oaks, cypress, and southern pines support the wildlife in the mobile bay.

Thursday, July 4, 2002

We went to the Gulf Coast Emporium Science Museum and IMAX Dome Theater in Mobile, Alabama.
My husband was trying to get a park when someone backed into the front of our LS Satun.
The accident broke out the passenger headlight and bent the hood.

We exchanged insurance information, we then went to the Gulf Coast Emporium Science Museum where we explored the 100 hands-on science exhibits.

In Mobile Bay, large ships were coming in for the Tall Ship Parade that will be happening on July 4, 2002, later that evening.

Please note that Sail Mobile, part of the tall ship's program, is one of the most popular events.
Mobile’s Sail Mobile program plans to display approximately 30 ships which will include 5 to 6 class-A ships and 10 to 12 class-B ships over a five-day period from July 3 to 7, 2002.

We rode back to Luxury RV Park, we sat on a picnic table where we watched the Fourth of July fireworks show that was coming off the Gulf Shore Beach, we were just a few blocks from the beach.

While staying in the park, we enjoyed the swimming pool and riding our bikes to the beach.

For dinner, we ate fried oysters and shrimp at Gulf Shores Sea and Suds, where they have the freshest seafood at affordable prices.

We visited the Tanger Outlets Stores in Foley, Al.

Friday, July 5, 2002

We rode to the Harley Davidson located at 3260 Pleasant Valley Road, Mobile. I bought a white T-shirt with a picture of a Harley Davison motorcycle on the front of the shirt inside a red star.