As you all know, Wes has been working in Atlanta since we moved to Mobile but this past week he came to visit! So, I will share some of our adventures.
Of course we went fishing! We went on a party boat- which is anyone can go, and it was $125 each. We went to Zeke’s Marina in Orange Beach, Alabama. Our boat for the day was Zekes Lady. The captain, Dave, has a nice boat. There were bathrooms and inside the cabin was frigid cold since outside was sweltering hot. His first mates, Jay, and Jerry were genuinely nice and helped everyone when we started catching fish. Most people caught Vermillion Reds, and Red Snapper.
Those were in season, but they had to be longer than sixteen inches, so we threw a bunch back into the water. Also did you know that to get the air out of the fish, the first mates would throw the fish way up into the air so when the fish hits the water it would knock the air out. Of course I caught the fish of the day- a Bonita. They are super bloody, so Wes soaked it for 2 days to get the blood out. But he and the pups tasted it with all the blood. He said it was not bad, but I passed.
Another interesting catch was a Remora. These fish stick to sharks, whales and other large sea animals and eat the leftovers of whatever the larger animal is eating. I have a picture here of the Remora suctioned itself to one of the visitors’ arms.
This was a wonderful day trip!
We also went to Mississippi to the Margaritaville Resort, in Biloxi. From Mobile this was about a 45 min ride. We could not check in until 4pm so, we went to the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum.
The museum is named after George Ohr who was a potter and sculpture at the in the late1800’s early 1900’s. O’Keefe is not who I thought it was, the painter but Mr. O’Keefe loved Ohr’s work and made a museum in his honor.
George Ohr 1857-1918 The “Mad Potter of Biloxi”1
Mr. O’Keefe died in 2016. Besides Ohr’s work there are other artists there and it rotates out. There is also a small cabin on the campus that talks about segregation and civil rights. The art gallery looks like the Bilbao Museum that is in Bilbao, Spain. It was only $10.00 dollars to enter- very well worth it. The museum was about a 10-minute ride from the Resort.
Ohr- O’Keefe Museum of Art
First, I would like to apologize because I do not have any pictures of the resort. I was too busty having fun and I left my phone in the room. Just click the hyper link below and you guys can check it out.
The Margaritaville Resort was so much fun! I really was in the mood for a lazy river…and they have one! They also had two pools, one with a swim up bar and two water slides. There is also a smaller kid section that I of course went through because they had buckets of water dumping everywhere. They also had a huge arcade! We spent quite a bit of time there playing every game you can imagine. To redeem your tickets was a store with all kinds of things.
There were a variety of different restaurants as well. I must give Michael, our bartender in the Arcade restaurant credit. He knew all his beers that were on tap and told me about the local brews that he had. I love tasting local beer wherever we go. The last thing I wanted to say was that everyone had an armband on. The armband got you in everywhere as well as unlocked your room door, so you did not have to bring keys with you. There was a safe in the room so you could just lock up your valuables and walk out the door with your gear for the pool or arcade, also with that arm band you could charge things to the room! I included a picture of this clock because there are no clocks anywhere outside of your room because You are supposed to be on vacation and not be worried about the time. 😉
Peace and Love,
Sara & Wes
- (n.d.). George E. Ohr. Q Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_E._Ohr