2012-12-24 thru 2013-02-28 Foley-Gulf Shores Alabama Part 3

 USS Alabama

What a Grand ol' Lady

 Remember many a night seeing the B52 Stratofortress

in my younger days

Sounded like the humm from a swarm of hornets

 In Viet Nam I had to dig the dud rounds from these guns out of the ground

Sometimes 20 ft below ground

Fortunately there were very few duds

Most went Ka-boom

 Soviet MIG

Hard to beat and thankfully they were kept out of battle because they had so few of them

As a young man I wanted to be on a submarine

Now they make me feel a little claustrophobic

They had just towed the Carnival Triumph into Mobile shipyard a few days before we visited the museum

2012-12-24 thru 2013-02-28 Foley-Gulf Shores Alabama Part 2

 Charley Nelson was a teacher for many years in the Foley area

At Karaoke shows the KJ would ask for a show of hands if Charley had ever been their teacher

It was always nearly the entire room

 Diana Parker - Dunkin our gracious hostess

 Bud Parker (who only sang in private) and Joe Frank Dunkin who was awesome as Frank Sinatra

 Susy Rene and Diana

Great Friends

 Charley Bud and Hal

Hal and I were in Viet Nam about the same time and place

We shared stories and had lots of laughs

 Diana on stage

 Did I mention we tried to get outside as much as possible

I have to admit it was better weather than the kids were seeing back in Kansas City

 No snow but it was pretty cool out

 No its not a Dolphin but it was still interesting

2012-12-24 thru 2013-02-28 Foley-Gulf Shores Alabama Part 1

Way late getting these pictures up

Better late I guess ... At least I will have a memory aid

 Christmas in Anchors Away RV Resort 2012

 It didn't rain ALL the time

We definitely saw habitat that we had never seen before

Including the Mardi Gras Museum in Mobile AL

I always thought New Orleans was the birthplace of Mardi Gras

but it actually is Mobile.  They have kept theirs family oriented and so you

don't hear anything about it in the news

  

All the surrounding towns have their own Mardi Gras parade

Here are some pics from the Foley parade

 On the right of this pic is Charley Nelson

An awesome guy we met at karaoke one night

Charley and Rene invited us to sit at their table and we developed a deep friendship

with them and Bud  & Diana Parker

& Joe Frank Dunkin (Diana's Brother)

More pics on that later !!

 These were the participants in the parade from our RV Park

Anchors Away

 Susy Rene & Charley