We spent the day in downtown Mobile. It was a foggy day (the picture was taken in the afternoon) but otherwise fine.
I
had to laugh at the Welcome Center. They
pushed using a shuttle instead of using our personnel car for a driving tour. After we looked at the map, we realized it
wasn’t that long. So we ended up walking
the 2 mile route. Much easier so we
didn’t have to worry about parking or waiting for a shuttle (we never actually
saw a shuttle), we got to see more details in architecture, and we got
exercise. Worth it!
Fort
Conde has been occupied by the French, British, Spanish, and Americans. I thought the fort was well preserved until I
found out it was a replica of the original fort and was built in 1976! The museum has many artifacts found while
building the new fort that include older pieces like this cool pipe bowls with faces
up to semi-modern bottle caps (semi-modern since now we use aluminum cans or plastic
bottles).
The
Church Street Cemetery reminded me of New Orleans. The graves are raised and iron fences are
frequently used. One of the graves was
for Old Joe Cain. He was the man who
renewed the Mardi Gras parades after the Civil War, a tradition that the
occupying Northerner troops weren’t familar with. His grave is covered with Mardi Gras beads
and coins.
The
Phoenix Fire Museum is small but full of equipment and Mobile history.
We
enjoyed the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. An organist was practicing Christmas music on
the large organ while we were there.
Very nice!
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