May 16, 2012 - De Quincy FL a Theodore AL

De Quincy FL a Theodore AL Distance parcourrue 284 milles Michel, Pierre et moi dejeunons, discutons et commencons les demarches pour le depart... Les procedures de depart semblent beaucoup plus longues pour un 5th Wheel que pour un motorise. Ceci est seulement un arret pour un soir et chemin pour destination de Nouvelle Orleans Campground Payne's RV Park, tres paisible, relaxant a cote d'un lac.

May 14, 2010 - Bellingrath Gardens

We stayed in Mobile last night at Shady Acres RV Park. After breakfast, we got it all together and took off for Theodore and Bellingrath Gardens. I'd heard about it so often from June, and here we were close with a chance to see it ourselves. It seems we missed most of the azaleas in bloom. We did see a row of white ones, and they were still pretty. The hanging baskets and other container gardens were gorgeous. We enjoyed the rose garden, but it wasn't spectacular. What used to be the six-car garage now is home to Bessie Mae Morse...

Mar 15, 2010 - Bellingrath Garden & Home

Today we visited the Bellingrath Gardens, Theodore Alabama, near Mobile. The trip included a car ferry across Mobile Bay from Gulf Shores to Dophin Island passing through the many oil rigs. The gardens were donated to the city by Walter Bellingrath in memory of his wife Bessie. The site of the gardens was originally a fish camp. Suffering from the stress of business in the early 1900's Walter was order by his doctors to "learn how to play" and thus he bought the property. His wealth coming from owning the first Coca-Cola bottling company in...

May 25, 2009 - New Orleans, Louisiana to Theodore, Alabama

May 25, 2009 We awoke to dark skies and rumbling thunder. Each day in New Orleans has brought predictions of rain, but we have had only occasional light showers. Well, today the predictions have come true. The skies opened up. It poured rain. We hooked up when the volume let up, and hit the road. We stopped just before the Mississippi border, and the sky opened up again. We drove from New Orleans to Theodore, Alabama. I wanted to see Bellingrath Gardens, so after settling the RV, off we went. We arrived at the gardens just as another huge...

Mar 28, 2009 - Theodore, AL - Payne's RV Park

We made the short trip over from Pensacola to Theodore (which is just west of Mobile)without incident - after a long stop at the USS Alabama. I took a few pictures of the ship which you might like. Those 16 inchers are some big guns. They take three large charges of powder to propel each 2,800 pound projectile 23 miles away with accuracy. That is Frances and Roger in the foreground of the picture of the 16 inch guns. I also had to let Doris have a go at the 40mm anti-aircraft guns. :) After our visit the the USS Alabama, we went on to the...

Jan 19, 2009 - Bellingrath Gardens

Still from Coastal Haven RV Resort, Fairhope (near Gulf Shores), Alabama We got back in the real swing of things today by getting out & seeing one of the area’s highlights, Bellingrath Gardens. Wink, wink, betcha you had that one figured out as soon as you saw the title, huh?? Yesterday was such a gorgeous day that we promised ourselves that we were going to do something today, as we sat here in Phae enjoying the beautiful day while watching the football games & later going out for dinner. We’ve now realized that we had lulled ourselves...

Oct 15, 2008 - Theodore, AL - Alabama, the Beautiful

We had another fairly easy drive today with just a little excitement thrown in to keep us on our toes. After turning off I-20 at Jackson, MS, we headed south on U.S. 49. We like to get off the Interstate highways and travel the secondary roads; but, there are some disadvantages to that strategy. There usually aren’t many rest areas but we generally find a grocery store or other shopping center parking lot to whip into for a quick break for Joe and a walk for Foxy. So, when we spied a Super Wal-Mart, we turned off…..but, just as Joe was...

Jun 5, 2008 - Theodore, AL

Fort Morgan guards the opening to Mobil Bay. The Fort was built in 1819 and was involved in the Civil, Spanish-American and both world wars. A 30 min. ferry ride takes you to Dolphin Island where a long bridge leads you to Bellingrath Gardens. The estate was built by Walter Bellingrath, who owned the first Coca-Cola bottling plant in AL. He and his wife created the vast gardens out of an old fishing camp. The gardens were opened to the public in 1932. In 1935 the Bellingraths built a lavish home on the grounds. The architect salvaged...

May 4, 2008 - Kinder, LA to Theodore, AL

Traveling with Carol, Lou & Beau .......... We were up early and on the road by 8:15. It was a beautiful day, so we were glad we had delayed leaving by one day. Driving through Louisiana, we could not get over all of the water and four-lane bridges we drove on. The amazing thing, and kind of neat thing, was the fact the there was water flowing in the middle between the four lanes (hope you can picture that). The body of water was Lake Bigeux, which is part of the Atchafalaya Swamp. One bridge over the swamp was at least 15 miles long. It...

Apr 9, 2008 - Blue Angels Airshow then Theodore, AL

040908 We were up again early this morning and off to Pensacola NAS with high hopes of seeing the Blue Angels perform. It was cloudy but not as cloudy as yesterday and not raining. They did perform and boy did they put on a show!! It is a lot better to watch a show like this when you are right up near the airstrip where they are flying over and not a mile away amongst a few hundred thousand people. It was well worth going, especially as all 6 flew. The speed, thunder, grace and beauty would get to anyone except a rock. Greg got a bunch of...

Mar 15, 2007 - Theodore, AL

Theodore, Alabama is just outside of Mobile and we stayed here for a couple of days. The campground we stopped at was a very nice family run campground that is just being developed. The site we had faced a small lake, which provided a nice place to sit at night, as well as a place for Cameron to run.