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 Easter was enjoyed by all of us this year. As usual, the Easter Bunny made a visit to our house and left a large supply of Easter eggs strewn across the front yard. In addition to the eggs, he left lots of good stuff in an Easter basket. The Easter Bunny has good taste in [...]

 We visited the Gulf Coast of Alabama this spring for a week in March. We stayed in the Mobile Bay area. Samantha’s family rented a beach house on Dauphin Island just outside the bay. The tiny island has a history going back 300 years. At one point it was the capitol of the Louisiana Territory, [...]

 Not far from the beach house where we were staying on Dauphin Island was Fort Gaines, which played a key role in the Battle of Mobile Bay during the Civil War.
The Union fleet, under the command of Admiral David Farragut fought their way into Mobile Bay, which was defended by Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan [...]

Samantha’s dad has spent a lot of time over the last year working in both Biloxi and New Orleans. We spent some time in both cities during our trip.
The damage in Biloxi from Hurricane Katrina was dramatic, as the full force of the storm sat over the city for many hours. There are [...]

On our trip to Alabama, we visited the Gulf Coast Zoo in Gulf Shores, Alabama. This is a little zoo with about 300 animals. It was a great place to visit with a little boy who likes animals.
The zoo had only recently reopened after having been closed for 18 months due to hurricane [...]