Bass Pro Family Summer Camp

This is the last week for the Bass Pro Family Summer Camp!  “Camp” occurs on Tuesday and Thursday as well as Saturday and Sunday from noon to 6.  Check the website for the official schedule and be sure that the Spanish Fort and Destin stores are participating!

Weekend Roundup – May 7th, 8th, and 9th

 Here is your weekend roundup of activities.  If you know of a family friendly event going on around the area, please leave a comment.  As always, call ahead or follow the links to make sure that the information is still accurate.
May 7 – Five Flags Speedway Racing
May 8 – Palafox Market
May 8th and 9th – Gulf [...]

Mystery Photo Monday #6

You probably drive past this on a regular basis.  You may not have noticed it or you might have seen it wondered why it is there and what it represents.  Do you know?

We hope you will play along!  If you know where/what this is, leave a comment in this post.  I will post the answer [...]

Eastern Shore Center – Spanish Fort, Alabama

This post is the last in a series of Day Trip to Mobile, Alabama posts.  See the other places that we visited:  Gulf Coast Exploreum, Fort Conde, USS Alabama and Bass Pro Shops. 

The Eastern Shore Center is a great shopping center.  There are stores for everyone in the family, great restaurants, and our personal favorite-a splash [...]

Bass Pro Shops – Spanish Fort, Alabama

This post is part of a series of Day Trip to Mobile, Alabama posts.  See the other places that we visited:  Gulf Coast Exploreum, Fort Conde, and the USS Alabama. 

We have had a love/hate relationship with Bass Pro Shops ever since my husband started doing some major hiking.  Every time he schedules a new Appalachian Trail [...]

USS Alabama – Mobile, Alabama

This post is part of a series of Day Trip to Mobile, Alabama posts.  See the other places that we visited:  Gulf Coast Exploreum and Fort Conde. 
After visiting the Exploreum and Fort Conde, we drove to Battleship Memorial Park where the USS Alabama rests.  Admission is a little pricey (but well worth it) so after spending money at the [...]

Back to School Tax Free Weekend in Alabama

Unfortunately for the second year in a row, Florida will not be participating in a tax free week this year.  Alabama, however, is!  In keeping with our Mobile, AL themed posts this week, I thought that I would let you know that Tax Free Weekend is August 7-9th.  I checked the list to see which [...]

Fort Conde – Mobile, Alabama

Over the weekend my family took a day trip to Mobile, Alabama.  Over the next few days, I will be posting the different things that we did.  See the first post about the Gulf Coast Exploreum here.

The parking lot that we chose to park in was right across the street from Fort Conde so after [...]

The Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center – Mobile, Alabama

This past weekend, my family and I took a road trip to Mobile.  It is about a 45 minute drive from Pensacola, so it is a perfect spot for a day trip.  Over the next week or so, I will post the activities that we did while we were there. 

The first place that we stopped was the Gulf Coast [...]