Yesterday the boss and I drove from Duluth to the Minneapolis - St. Paul airport, met up with the boss's boss and flew to Memphis for a change of planes, then on to Pensacola, picked up the rental car and drove to Point Clear Alabama on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay. Straight-line distance 1150 miles. We are staying at the Grand Hotel Marriott, a pretty ritzy place. It is clearly the off season here though based on the room rates we are getting and the lack of traffic and general sense of quiet so far.Last night we went for supper at Randy's Bar and Grill. I has the steamed "Ocean Platter" with shrimp, crab, oysters, red potatoes, coleslaw and corn on the cob. It was good, tasty food. The small platter was $14 for a good sized platter of seafood. Yuengling lager on tap was $2 each so that was nice too.
This morning we went into Fairhope Alabama and explored around just a bit. The best part was walking out on the 1400 foot long municipal pier and watching the fishermen cast nets or throw big double-hooked, heavily weighted rigs out in the bay for mullet or "white trout"I took a bunch of pictures but unfortunately, I left my camera cable at home so no sharing of the pictures until I get home.
Here is a picture of the net thrower with his net full of "Shiners".
And here is the view from my balcony shortly after getting to my room.
More pictures can be found on My Photo Album on Picassa Web.
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