Good Morning Sports Fans!!  Did your favorite college team win this past weekend?  I distinctly remember hearing over and over again…  ROLL TIDE!!!!  At first I thought there must be a huge moon to cause an enormous tide that could roll over into the city?  Godzilla coming?  That just didn’t seem to fit everyone’s mood and angst over the recent game.  It must be about FootBall!!  Welcome to SEC football.

We have been in Mobile for several weeks visiting the fine city where Wayne was raised.  He remembered the city streets like the back of his hand.  Ok…maybe a few age spots got in the way. New roads were built in the last 30 years and names have changed.  He remembered the major streets and could find our way from the marina to his sibling’s house.  ( Yes, I had Google maps on just in case he took a wrong turn! )

Wayne’s siblings and ‘siblings-in-law’ are the best!  They were very helpful in making our Mobile visit productive and fun.  We split our time between all the family members as best as we could with our schedule.  Thanks Siblings!!  Ya’ll are the best!!

Most of our visit was doing that mundane thing every boat owner / home owner does.  Shopping.  Wash and fold laundry.  Wash the dishes.  Clean the toilets.  Get other boat chores done that were difficult to do with moving on the water.  Get a common cold from doing all that shopping in places with humans all around.

We all know that Mardi Gras began in Mobile before New Orleans took the concept over and made it their own.  Did you know that Mobile is the “rainiest city in the US”?  Mobile has gets over 5 feet of rain annually.  The 5 feet of rain seemed to come during our stay here.  It rained.  A lot!  Remnants of Hurricane Patricia came through and flooded parts of the marina, city streets, and knocked down a few trees.  The water drained off really fast as if the ground knew more would be coming.

Even the birds didn’t like the weather!

No one flying today. They were all on the pier watching the waves come in

With rain, you get all sorts of things that grow in high humidity.  This fungi is actually rather pretty living 5 feet up the trunk of an old oak tree.

Of course, that made me look into other backyards.  These I call my ‘mushroom nest’…

Appearing overnight in a small cluster of pine needles

The next day after even more rain

Day 4 of the Nest

I didn’t take a picture of the Nest dead after only a 6 days.  Such is life as a backyard fungi.

We had fog and hazy days.

Hazy Morning

Fog looking up the Dog River

It didn’t rain everyday while in Mobile.  I remember blue skies.  I even took a picture of downtown Mobile on such a day.

This is just fun.  We saw this small gatherings of ducks.  One just seems different than the rest?!

Which one doesn’t belong?

I saw an occasional jelly fish swim by the boat.

Interesting lighting for this picture – the tentacles are really apparent

As chores get done and the rain looks like it might stop for a couple of days, it is time to get back on the water and cruise to Florida.  Onward to Pensacola!!

Wait!!  We were also very privileged to celebrate with a Looper crossing their wake in Mobile and become “Gold Loopers!!”  Congrats to the crew of Nearly Perfect!  We have really missed our friends up the river who have also completed their loop and become “Goldies”.  Sea Horse, Bama Dream, Penny Pinchin’, and Aunt Aggie.  So many others.

Sunset at Dog River Marina, Mobile, AL

PS.  We also were able to celebrate in Daylight Saving time change – again.  Now sunset is at 4:30pm.  How can that be?  That is just afternoon.  Not time time!!!