March 2010: Spring flowers

The weather warmed up and Susan did a terrific job bringing the garden back to life.

March 2010: Alabama and Florida trip

We took a short trip during Spring Break to Mobile, Alabama to see the Gulf Islands and beaches. Along the way we visited Mobile's Battleship Memorial Park, home of Second World War vessels USS Alabama and USS Drum (a submarine). Fascinating stuff, for Rob at least. That, and the ferry ride across Mobile Bay from Fort Morgan to Dauphin Island. The girls enjoyed shell hunting on the Alabama and Florida beaches far more. We were happily surprised to see how few people were there, given this was spring break. We were lucky too - this was just a month before BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill.