Mobile Alabama is a lively and lovely city on the Gulf of Mexico.
Mobile has been a major seaport and shipbuilding center for centuries.
They’ve been celebrating Mardi Gras in Mobile for 60+ years
longer than New Orleans, so they know how to have a good time here.
The seafood is fresh, the fish are jumping, and the water’s
fine in Mobile Bay.
There’s a lot to see and do by boat in Mobile Alabama. Boat
tours of the river delta give visitors a chance to see lovely birds
and fearsome ‘gators. The Southern Belle gives a leisurely
tour of the Fowler River, courtesy of Alabama Cruises, and a tour
on the Delta QueeN steam-powered paddleboat is a ride on
a national historic landmark. Delta Outdoor Guides & Airboat Tours
help visitors explore Mobile Bay, the Tensaw River and the surrounding
swamps.
For chartered fishing, dolphin spotting tours and sunset cruises,
you could do much worse than Capt. Mike Thierry’s Deep Sea Fishing. For a look at some living U.S. maritime
history go and tour the USS Alabama, moored near Fort Conde. This
WW II battleship survived 9 pitched sea battles with nary a scratch.
Mobile has some nice parks in its vicinity. The Meaher State Park
is a wetlands preserve with a boardwalk from which to observe local
wildlife. Chickasabogue Park is an 1,100-acre multi-use outdoor recreation
facility that has trails for hiking and biking, RV and tent campsites
and fishing, swimming and canoeing opportunities in the Chickasaw
River.
Mobile Alabama is the Azalea Capital of the World, and in a place
where they take their flowers seriously the Bellingrath Gardens &
Home should come as no surprise; but it does. A riot of color blazes
across the 65 acres of flowers here, which don’t confine themselves
to the gorgeous gardens, but find purchase all over these lovely grounds.
