Jan 16, 2019, Wednesday,
Hubby and I traveled to Gulf Shores, stopping at Jack’s Restaurant(1360 Hwy 43 West bypass Russellville) for breakfast.
We both ordered a sausage and biscuits with strawberry jelly at 8:56AM and spent $7.06.
We ate lunch at KFC Thomasville at @1:17 p.m.
Hubby ordered a fillip box meal, and I ordered a three-piece wings meal with biscuits (that I saved for the birds), we spent $13.46.
We stopped for gas at Marathon at Rams Food Mart 19039 43 hwy Northport and spent $22.08
Arrived Gulf Shores just before sunset 4:45-5:14PM
We rode to the beach before checking in at the hotel to see the sunset.
The moon came up before the sun went down and looked like a ball in the red sky.
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| Gulf Shores Sunset |
After the sun went down, we rode to Staybridge Suites 3947 Gulf Shores, Pky Gulf Shores, and Al 36542.
We booked for two nights, which cost $170,84 for room 114.
Their computers were down, and the night manager said we could join everyone in the dining room for grill night.
In the food bar were grilled hamburgers, hotdogs, potato salad, Cole slaw, baked beans, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and onions.
I fixed a plate with hamburger potato salad, chips, and a glass of wine.
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| Dinner: hamburger potato salad, chips, and a glass of wine. |
There were fountain drinks, tea, and a variety of wines and beers.
We checked into room 114, ground level, and hubby took a long tub bath.
I stretched out on the bed and turned on the Television. My eyes were giving me a fit, so I put eye drops in them. My eyes felt like something was in them, they hurt all night.
I must have gotten sand in them it was very windy when we went to the beach the night before.
Jan 17, Thursday,
Hubby and I dressed and went to breakfast. I ate oatmeal with nuts, & cranberries and drank orange juice.
After breakfast, hubby and I rode along hwy 98 scenic highway to Fairhope.
We stopped at Valence & Fairhope Municipal Parks, located along the Coastal Highway.
We saw a statue of Maria Johnson, ducks & geese swimming, boats along the pier, blooming flowers, and lots of old trees.
Fairhope’s Municipal Pier, Fairhope’s Pepper Nelson Volunteer Fireman’s Hall, flower gardens, and yellow and white buttercups blooming.
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| Fairhope’s Pepper Nelson Volunteer Firetruck at Fairhope Museum |
We toured Fairhope’s History Museum outside, we saw the People’s Railroad train car, roses in bloom, and a statue of Craig Turner Shelton, the first public state artist in Alabama’s history.
Fairhope’s Museum of History is located at 24 N. Section St, Fairhope, Alabama 36532
Inside, we saw permanent exhibits such as Fairhope’s founders, the single tax theory, the town jail built in 1868, the old fire department, a fire truck, a fire hydrant, fire hats, & coats.
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| Fairhope's historic jail inside the museum |
We saw a miniature replica of Middle Bay Lighthouse, John Bowen, Maria Howard, Della Nichols, Shuah S. Mann, Clarence Mershon, and James Bellanger, the people of Fairhope.
We saw old push-mowers hanging from the ceiling.
We picked up some pamphlets from the Welcome Center next door.
We ate lunch at Greers in Fairhope.
We ordered three chicken fingers, corn fritters, green beans, and cornbread.
Our next stop was Daphne at the Little Bethel Baptist Church, built in 1867. We took a few pictures of the church and a Historic marker nearby.
Our next stop was at the US Sports Academy Walk of Fame Daphne, where we sat in the metal of runners, baseball players, football players, basketball players, Swimmers, Weight lifters, Gymnasts, bikers, and golfers.
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| US Sports Academy Walk of Fame Daphne Baseball Player Statue |
We stopped at Daphne’s Gator Walk, where we saw a nice wooden boardwalk lined with a marker that said:
Where are you in the Watershed?
Exploration of Ecosystem
Slowing the flow of Storm Water
The Big Picture of the Ecosystem
It is all about the Alligator
What is this building for?
Along the Eastern Shore Trail
We did not see any gators along the trail, but we did see a few shorebirds.
After that long, hot walk, we needed something to cool us down, so we stopped at Jubilee Square at Krazy Frozen Treats for a waffle bowl of creamy-flavored yogurt around noon.
We chose cheesecake, cookies, and cream.
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| Krazy Frozen Treats scoop of Cookies & Cream and Cheesecake |
We stopped at the Foley Train Depot to watch men run the miniature trains. (They only run at certain times during the week)
Included in the collection were a Ringling Bros & Barnum Big Top Circus, a mini train carrying circus items, a ferries wheel (that worked), cloys with balloons, a lion cage, Roadside USA, a man shot out of a canon, a tattooed lady Lulu the farebeater cost fifty cents and elephants.
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| Ringling Bros & Barnum Big Top Circus |
The miniature town consisted of Aqua Blue Drive-in diner that served fries and hamburgers, shakes, and soft drinks.
Advertisement on the windows that said Speeds Car Wash, green & white car sat next to Car Town (new, used, l& ease) Dealership.
A tow truck sat in front, and next to the railroad tracks (Consoled gas and power), 76 Union Gas Station, two-story homes, dogs, people walking, riding scooters, mail carries, a lineman working on the power lines,
There were bridges, factories, train stations, firehouses, and trains traveling in all directions on the many tracks.
We watched the trains until they closed.
We ate dinner at 5:00PM at Bubba’s Seafood House in Orange Beach.
Hubby and I split one CaptainsCaptainsCaptainsCaptains’ combo platter that consisted of Crab legs, grilled shrimp, chargrilled Mahi, Mahi served with corn on the cob, new potatoes, and garlic butter.
We stopped at Rouses Market, where we bought a Coke, Strawberry cream coffee cake, & three large cannolis.
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| Sitting in a Large Blue Chair outside Bubba’s Seafood House Orange Beach |
Jan 19, Friday
The next morning, we met Hannah at the Ruby Red Slipper Orange Beach before he headed home.
I ordered a stack of cinnamon toast.
Hubby ordered sausage, eggs, potatoes, link sausage, and pancakes.
Hannah ordered bacon, eggs, gravy, pancakes & coffee.
We finished breakfast around 8:30AM and began our long ride home. $44.52
We filled up with gas at Love's $29.78 in Loxley, Al
We stopped at CVS to get some eyewash my eyes were red, running, and burning.
I washed both eyes out with the eyewash and slept most of the way home.
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| Stack of cinnamon toast |
We stopped at Firehouse Subs in Athens, and we bought a large and medium steak sandwich with a mushroom on wheat bread. $18.42
We stopped at Aldie in Athens to pick up a few groceries spent @20.77
We had a great trip, ate breakfast with my granddaughter, and saw many sites.
Got sand in my eyes, which burned every time I closed them.
