Gene in the Ward Room of the USS Alabama viewing the ship's silver presented by the State of Alabama when the battleship was commissioned. The photo above it is inside the USS Drum, a WWII submarine we toured.
Gene had command of the submarine USS Bashaw from 1966 to 1968, and we've had a great time visiting with old friends. Yesterday, the group took a bus to Mobile, Alabama, where we toured the Alabama, a battleship, and the USS Drum. The Drum is currently being refurbished as it was during WWII.
This morning I took a walk near the beach to check out the birds . . . and was surprised by some big birds . . . the Blue Angels! They were practicing right over my head in various formations. It was pretty exciting AND LOUD. It scared up quite a few birds, too. Saw cardinals, eastern bluebirds, Eastern towhee, a brown thrasher, Carolina wrens, and Carolina chicadees.
This afternoon we'll have lunch at the Navy Air Museum (right across the street from the RV park), golf 9 holes with our friends the Dafoes and have seafood for dinner. Tomorrow we tour historic Pensacola. We plan to leave on Friday for Charleston, SC, and hopefully be in Europe by Monday or Tuesday.
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