Dauphin Island

As part of our Mobile weekend, we decided to head down to Dauphin Island for a visit. Part of the island was closed due to the oil spill clean-up efforts by the National Guard. We visited historic Fort Gaines, which was originally built by the French and altered during the Civil War. We were very impressed by this Fort because it IS NOT a reconstruction.... this is the real thing! You can see the beautiful brick work behind me in this tunnel, and Mommy enjoyed the little French touches like the ironwork below and the space that they had just for making bread.

We were really impressed by this 10-seater latrine. It was flushed once daily when the tide came in..... stinky, yet economical.

Mommy and me were enjoying some shade in the 90 degree Alabama humidity.

Many of the enclosed buildings at Fort Gaines were once two-story or three-story like this one, but the top floors were blown off during battles.