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2 days in Mobile, Alabama: Top attractions you do not want to miss in the city!

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  Cooper Riverside Park, Mobile, Alabama  When I lived in New York City, I had a colleague at work who hailed from the great southern city of Mobile, Alabama .  He had a very unmistakable southern accent that sounded so cool, especially hearing it in the heart of lower Manhattan. I took him under my wings at work, having fun chats about everything: work, life, living in Mobile.  The more I got to know him, the more curious I got about him and the city.  He had a nice, laid-back, easy demeanor that reminded me, of myself, and I felt an almost brotherly-like connection to him after awhile.   He would rhapsodize about his life back home, describing a faraway place with such fondness that it made me want to visit it some day.  Well, that some day turned out to be January 2024.  My wife and I were traveling through the great American South/South Central, and we wanted to add Mobile to the list of destinations we wanted to explore.   After leavin...
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Top places to visit near Gulf Shores, Alabama: National Naval Aviation Museum, Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, The Wharf, and Orange Beach Waterfront Park

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  National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida  When I was planning my wife and myself’s winter road trip to the American South/American Central, we knew we would be making several stops at places we had previously only heard about in popular culture.  Places like the Florida Panhandle with its beautiful beaches, cities like Mobile Alabama , because a colleague of mine at work hailed from there, and the Gulf Coast , again with its beach town vibes, seemed like great places to finally visit after all these years. As we were mapping out the actual destinations along our 8 week long trip, we used two criteria which helped us choose those destinations: 1) We decided based on its fame, popularity, and/or list of things to do,  and  2) we decided based on price, namely, how reasonable the hotels at those destinations were, at the time of our booking. Using those two criteria, our decision to stay at Gulf Shores Alabama was a great decision, in hindsight. ...
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