We went to a parade on Fat Tuesday.  Apparently they close the schools and some businesses for Monday and Tuesday to celebrate Mardi Gras.  We had such fun at the parade.  We were located at the start of this particular parade.  We got to the parade an hour early and were able to set our chairs right up to the curb.  We saw this little person under a blanket

Munchkin under a blanket

We saw an orangutan at a zoo that did the same thing but he covered himself up with a burlap bag.  See, not much difference between youngins and chimps 🙂

Colleen bundled up

It was a little windy and chilly that day but see….no snow 🙂

We thought we had a prime spot on the parade route as we watched the people line up on the street

People lining the route

Little did we know that once the parade started, everyone went out in the street to get closer to the floats and the people tossing stuff from them.

People budging in front of us

We maintained our position on the curb.  Those people were closer, but we were higher so we caught the stuff that flew over their heads.  And I am talking flew, you really had to pay attention or you might get a Moon Pie in the head.  I was hit in the chest with a bag of beads!  Not only did they toss the beads

See the beads hanging?

but they tossed out candy, Moon Pies, stuffed animals, plastic cups and rolls (there is a restaurant down here, called Lambert’s Cafe, where they throw rolls to people eating there as they pass out food.  It is suppose to be quite fun).  Most of the floats in this parade were owned by restaurants but there were a few high school bands and fire engines.  It was loads of fun.  I’ll post more pictures under the more pictures tab.  I think we’ll go again next year.

On March 5th we went to Big Lagoon Park.  We had to pay to get in here but it was only $6 for our car.  Once in there we walked around on the dock like paths they had in the park.  Some sections looked like they had a fire

Burned wood

Burned tree stump

We don’t know if it was a controlled burn or not.  There were quite a few areas that were burned.  As we walked around we met a couple from Michigan.  They had a motor home in the parks RV area.  They had been here for 7 weeks and were returning soon.  Like almost everyone we meet, they told us all about them selves and their families.  See, we are just making new friends where ever we go :).

We walked up this 3 story observation deck and I was taking some pictures of the bay

Picture of bay

Another picture of bay

I saw this thing in the bay but I couldn’t tell what it was.  Sometimes I take a picture just so I can see what something is

Sunk boat

It turned out to be a half sunk boat.  Ya never know what you are going to find at the end of your lens.

On the 6th, it was kind of rainy and gloomy so we decided to do a little exploring by car.  We found a road that followed the east side of Mobile Bay.  We drove along the road at 20 MPH (luckily there was little to no traffic), the houses ranged from a beat up shack to multi-million dollar homes.  We saw this carving at a Yacht Club

carved tree top

More dolphin

Dolphin on tree

Carved Tree

Pretty cool.  We had fun exploring the roads and small parks and boat ramps.  Still plenty for us to see and do here but I think it is time for nap 🙂