We had stayed four days and five nights at Veteran Park so we could spend time with family for the Thanksgiving Holiday.
Day 1: Wednesday, November 21, 2001
I spent the day with my children and grandchildren, we ate Thanksgiving dinner.
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| Hannah, Nevada, Madison |
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| Nevada and Marcus playing Video Games |
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| Nevada, Jake watching a movie |
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| Nevada and Marcus in Jakes Room |
Day 2: Thursday, November 22, 2001
Celebrated Thanksgiving with family.
Day 3: Friday, November 23, 2001
I spent the day with my granddaughter Hannah at the Conference Center and Veterans Park
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| The Renaissance tower |
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| Hannah at the Conference Center |
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| Hannah at the Conference Center |
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| Hannah at Veterans Park |
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| Veterans Park |
Day 4: Saturday, November 24, 2001
We celebrated Thanksgiving with hubby's' family.
Day 5: Sunday, November 25, 2001
I spent the day with my grandmother.
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| My siblings and grandmother |
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| Visiting my Grandmother |
Day 6: Monday, November 26, 2001
Hubby drove our Damon Escaper to Luxury RV Park Gulf Shores Alabama where we stayed a week, along with all the other snowbirds.
Luxury RV Park
November is off-season at Gulf shores and all you see are snowbirds. The pace slows down during the winter months.
It is a good time for sightseeing and driving along the ocean.
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| Luxury RV Park Gulf Shores |
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| Luxury RV Park Gulf Shores |
November 26, 2001
We toured Fort Morgan “Bowyers” Museum and walked among the ruins.
We walked along the windy beaches of Fort Bowyers, with the windy salt air blowing in our hair. We toured the museum where we saw Mobile Point Lighthouse, 4th order Fresnel lens 1873-1966.
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| Fort Morgan “Bowyers” Museum |
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| Fort Morgan “Bowyers” Museum |
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| Fort Morgan “Bowyers” Museum |
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| Fort Morgan “Bowyers” Museum |
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| Fort Morgan “Bowyers” Museum |
Day 7: Tuesday, November 27, 2001
We spent the day at the National Aviation Museum in Pensacola that was festively decorated, for the Christmas Holidays during WWII, with Christmas music playing in the background.
On the upper level, we saw a grocery store, a barbershop, army camps, TV shows playing in that era, aircraft, jeeps, & jungle camps.
We saw pin-up girls posted at camps, we saw Hagia & Hagia Booz for fifteen cents. We saw the home of the Luck Marine. We saw hat a home of a military family may have looked like. We saw Pawn & Loan, Sandy Ridge Grocery, a Colonial bread sign, Jo, Jo's, a Buck Rodgers, airplane, we saw maps, family pictures, and radios.
The museum was full of airplanes, and jets of every size shape and color.
There was a replica of a ship we went inside where we saw the sickbay area, with medicines, we saw bunk beds and toilets.
We saw the US Coast Guard, a miniature boat display with airplanes ready to defend our country. We saw two floors of airplanes, flags, from different countries and the skylab simulated flying. Hubby had always dreamed of being a pilot.
We saw the cockpit of an airplane that we crawled inside and played
On the upper level, we saw a grocery store, a barbershop, army camps, TV shows playing in that era, aircraft, jeeps, & jungle camps.
We saw pin-up girls posted at camps, we saw Hagia & Hagia Booz for fifteen cents. We saw the home of the Luck Marine. We saw hat a home of a military family may have looked like. We saw Pawn & Loan, Sandy Ridge Grocery, a Colonial bread sign, Jo, Jo's, a Buck Rodgers, airplane, we saw maps, family pictures, and radios.
The museum was full of airplanes, and jets of every size shape and color.
There was a replica of a ship we went inside where we saw the sickbay area, with medicines, we saw bunk beds and toilets.
We saw the US Coast Guard, a miniature boat display with airplanes ready to defend our country. We saw two floors of airplanes, flags, from different countries and the skylab simulated flying. Hubby had always dreamed of being a pilot.
We saw the cockpit of an airplane that we crawled inside and played
We saw F70-3M 129655 Aircraft, Blue Angles US Navy 16483 Aircraft and flight of the Blue Angles over St. Louis hanging from the ceiling.
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| Museum of Aviation in Pensacola |
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| Museum of Aviation in Pensacola |
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| Museum of Aviation in Pensacola |
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| Museum of Aviation in Pensacola |
We walked back upstairs where we saw Jake's Garage, a sign Pepis for five cents, and a Texaco sign. We saw melons scales that did not work, and a theater with popcorn.
We saw a hall filled with plaques of honor and one was Alan Shepard, one of the first men to walk on the moon.
Our next stop was the Big Lagoon State Park Perdido Key Florida. We were the only ones there as we walked along the boardwalk which took us over a natural laked filled with wildlife. We saw an observation tower but did not climb it. We walked along the sandy beach stopping at the water's edge.
We ate dinner at Lambert's Restaurant “Home of the trowed roll. “
We saw a hall filled with plaques of honor and one was Alan Shepard, one of the first men to walk on the moon.
Our next stop was the Big Lagoon State Park Perdido Key Florida. We were the only ones there as we walked along the boardwalk which took us over a natural laked filled with wildlife. We saw an observation tower but did not climb it. We walked along the sandy beach stopping at the water's edge.
We ate dinner at Lambert's Restaurant “Home of the trowed roll. “
They bring you all the food you can eat rolls. The original restaurant is located in Sikeston, Missouri and another one located in Branson, Missouri.
Day 8: Wednesday, November 28, 2001
We toured the USS Alabama Battleship located 2703 Battleship Parkway Mobile, Al 36602.
We walked along the decks of the mighty USS Alabama.
The ship received nine battle stars from WWII. We walked up and down many flights of stairs and saw many memorials honoring our veterans who died for our country.
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| USS Alabama Battleship Mobile |
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| USS Alabama Battleship Mobile |
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| USS Alabama Battleship Mobile |
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| A-12 Blackbird Spy |
We walked through the aircraft Pavilion and saw many exhibits including A-12 Blackbird Spy, Tuskegee Airman’s P-SID Mustang, Vietnam PBR River patrol boat, and many other military bombers and flying planes.
We walked through the USS Alabama rose garden, we saw the Coastguard 1378 helicopter black and white, and we saw the F-15 fighting Falcon Viper Replica of USS Alabama.
We saw the galley of photos in the Battleship memorial park. Christmas music was playing over the radio, the park was covered Christmas decorations.
Day 9-10: November 29, 30, 2001
Friday we rode to Gulf Shores and we walked along the beach filling our shoes full of sand. it had stormed the day before so the gulf was still violent with pounding waves and red flags were out.
We saw the iconic PInk Poney Restaurant and we watched bird feeding on fish. It was an overcast day, very windy by a pleasant day.
During the summer months this beach is covered with the sound of tourist but today it is silent.
It is time for our vacation to come to a close so we are heading out. At 11:30AM we crossed Mobile Bay in our Damon Escaper and we can see the USS Alabama in the distance as we near the Mobile Bay tunnel.
At 6:29 PM the sun is setting as we ride through Mississippi. We stop for the night at Sam’s Town Casino RV Park where we stay a couple of nights before we began our journey home.
Friday we rode to Gulf Shores and we walked along the beach filling our shoes full of sand. it had stormed the day before so the gulf was still violent with pounding waves and red flags were out.
We saw the iconic PInk Poney Restaurant and we watched bird feeding on fish. It was an overcast day, very windy by a pleasant day.
During the summer months this beach is covered with the sound of tourist but today it is silent.
It is time for our vacation to come to a close so we are heading out. At 11:30AM we crossed Mobile Bay in our Damon Escaper and we can see the USS Alabama in the distance as we near the Mobile Bay tunnel.
At 6:29 PM the sun is setting as we ride through Mississippi. We stop for the night at Sam’s Town Casino RV Park where we stay a couple of nights before we began our journey home.
We spent some time gambling in Sam’s Town, Hollywood, and Harrods Casinos.
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| The casino's in Tunica MS |
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| The casino's in Tunica MS |
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| The casino's in Tunica MS |
Day 11: Saturday, December 1, 2001
We spent Thanksgiving with family, we rode to Gulf Shores for a short vacation, where we saw the Museum of Naval Aviation, The USS Alabama, spent two nights in Tunica and traveled home to Fenton, Mo
