A VISIT TO MOBILE, AL--

between snowbirding in Vero Beach and home

We stopped by Mobile to visit Sue's 97 year young, long-time family friend Dorothy (Nanny) Coward who still lives independently, albeit with increasing home care.  

We arrived at Nanny's house to find her virtually semi-conscious with medical help and an ambulance on the way.  Soon, Sue and I were doing the usual four to five hour vigil in the local hospital emergency room while Nanny was evaluated and subsequently admitted to their intensive care unit.

Nanny's only surviving child lives in California so Sue joined professional and neighborhood care givers in discharging family responsibilities in such circumstances.

That's yours truly (right) as we did the segments of visiting hours the following day.  Meanwhile, we took the opportunity during non-visiting times to tour the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park  on Mobile Bay in the nearby downtown area. 

The historic battleship highlights the park and is joined by the World War II era submarine US Drum and a host of warplanes of previous and current generations.  Pleas stop by Saturday and we will tell you a little bit about the battle ship pictured below.

Nanny  was approaching release in a few days then suffered a relapse which extended her hospitalization and she quipped to Sue by telephone after we got home, she stayed there because she liked the food. She gave me very clear instructions to bring Sue back for another visit when she was feeling better.   What a lady!

A blonde lady visitor is shown in the lower photo during our tour of the submarine.  She was whizzing through the sub's control room while I was using a very slow shutter speed to record the fairly dark scene with available light--hence her blurry countenance.