MOBILE, AL.  It was a relatively uneventful drive along I-10 today.  Very sunny, hot, and humid.

We are staying at a shady and quiet RV/mobile home park.  We stayed here two years ago as we headed west to join an RV tour of the Southwest national parks.  I am looking forward to less humidity as we continue west.

The gentleman who checked us in to this park recommended a nature walk at the end of the road leading through the park.  It leads to the Dog River, known for catching large fish and alligators.  There are photos on the wall in the park office.  In the early nineteenth century riverboats sailed down the state carrying bales of cotton headed for England, bringing back woven cloth from the English mills.  All that traffic ended with the Civil War.

We walked down to the river to have a look.  Rather quiet now, with only an occasional pelican flying overhead.  There was a half-sunken riverboat on the opposite shore, deserted now.  Upon our return to the office, we inquired about it.  Seems an old couple sailed up in it and docked a few years ago making it their home for about three years.  A bad storm, perhaps a hurricane, nearly sank it, and the couple lacked the means to restore it, so abandoned it and left town.

Abandoned Riverboat on the Dog River

Cropped View of Riverboat

Tomorrow we leave for the Paul B. Johnson State Park in Hattiesburg, MS, a relatively short drive from here.  There we shall spend the weekend, attending church on Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church, where a friend is the new pastor.