Category: Alabama

  • Mobile, AL

    Mobile, AL

    Day 2 We have a week together with Mom & Dad! They arrived this afternoon, about 24 hours after us. The last time they met us out in the world (Eastern Washington in summer 2023), they were traveling in their truck camper, but this time they kept it simpler by just driving down from Chicago…

  • Dauphin Island, AL to Mobile, AL

    Dauphin Island, AL to Mobile, AL

    We woke to another abnormally-warm morning, and yesterday’s evening rain had blown itself out, leaving everything nice and dry. The steady breeze would normally require a bundled-up breakfast, but at 68℉, it was a rare camp morning where I was fine wearing shorts the whole time. My parents weren’t so lucky. Their original intention was…

  • Gulf Shores, AL to Dauphin Island, AL

    Gulf Shores, AL to Dauphin Island, AL

    Yesterday’s warm morning was exceeded today, with my thermometer reading 71℉ at 7am. In a few days, very few places in the country are expected to have a high temperature that reaches 70℉, so I guess we’re glad to enjoy this freakish weather while it lasts? It meant that the forecast of morning rain was…