We have a lot of catch up blogging to do, now that my computer problems are temporarily resolved. Monday we had an overnight getaway to Mobile. Ned had a meeting, and I tagged along to scout the city for the SFA. We stayed at the Battle House Hotel, which has just reopened after 30 years of closed doors. It was beautiful. On a historical note, Stephen Douglas stayed there the night he lost the election to Lincoln. Elvis also stayed there in 1952 when he was kicked of stage for "wiggling" in Mobile. We arrived to town a bit late, so dinner options were limited. We ended up at a restaurant that had sharks hanging from the ceiling, and even jumping through the roof. No kidding. You had to have a sense of humor about it, because if you had any sense of taste you'd never walk in that place! Monday's dinner was redeemed by Tuesday's stop at an ice cream store, and on the way home we stopped to ramble around the campus of Spring Hill College, a Jesuit school in Mobile. It's a pretty campus...for a Jesuit school.
No time to visit Mae Eanes Middle School? Many of Grandpa Eanes's relatives are buried in a cemetery in Mobile. I once heard the story that one of our ancestors (and hence Uncle Mark's, too) was buried next to one of Aunt Anne's ancestors there.
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