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Travel With Kids: Mobile

March 18, 2011 By Stephanie

When I say “Alabama,” I say it all drawn out and southern style, with a hint of country music in my voice. Like this. “Allllaaa…BAMA.” It’s a fun word to say. Try it.

At Tim’s request, we toured the USS Alabama. I surprised myself by having a lot of fun – walking from deck-to-deck, climbing LOTS of steps. We saw the captain’s quarters, the church, the dental office, the kitchen, and a spooky prison. Let it be known forever and always that I would not want to live on a ship like that – gave me the creeps.

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Afterward, we played at the Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center. It was full of hands-on exhibits and HUGE insect displays (“the Big Bugs,” as our girls referred to them).

Travel With Kids: Mobile 6My favorite part was the My BodyWorks section though. I’m kind of a closet doctor at heart. I used to think I wanted to be one as a kid and I’d set up a doctor’s office in the bathroom, making toilet paper casts for my siblings.

At the end of the day, I asked our 4-year-old what her favorite part of the day was and she answered without hesitation, “the SHIP!”

Have you ever been to Mobile? What did you like/not like about it?

Would you ever want to live on a ship? How are your “sea legs”?

Special thanks to the Mobile Bay Convention & Visitor’s Bureau for providing us with a passport for area attractions.

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Comments

  1. Meghan says

    March 29, 2011 at 11:46 pm

    I can resonate with your oldest’s favorite thing for the day :) My dad was in the Navy, and I dearly loved to go visit him on his ships. For a while he was the XO on a destroyer that looked (at least in my memory) a lot like the battleship that you visited. My sea legs were not the best though.. I can remember losing my lunch (and my strawberry ice cream cone I had just scarfed down :P) in one of the hallways on that ship :P

  2. Uniquely Normal says

    March 22, 2011 at 7:06 pm

    The My BodyWorks section looks awesome! Never been to Aaaallllllaaaa baaaaaammmmma.

  3. Madeline says

    March 21, 2011 at 9:16 pm

    I haven’t been since I was a kid. I don’t remember much, but it looks like fun!

  4. Mamatini says

    March 21, 2011 at 10:28 am

    We just got back from Allllaaaabama! We were in Huntsville for a family wedding (my husband grew up in Huntsville). I love spring in the South!

  5. Sarah R says

    March 21, 2011 at 6:36 am

    I always think of Forrest Gump when someone says “Alabama.”

    I don’t think I could live on any ship but a luxury cruise ship!

    PS – The picture of your 4 year old is super-cute. I had to look at it twice to see how you did that.

  6. Marina @ My Busy Children says

    March 21, 2011 at 6:24 am

    pretty amazing. Where are you guys going next? If you are travelling through Georgia, come by, stop for dinner!

    • Stephanie says

      March 27, 2011 at 7:37 pm

      Where are you in Georgia? That’s where we’re headed next!

      • Marina @ My Busy Children says

        March 28, 2011 at 7:26 am

        If you are coming through Atlanta – we are close by – we are about 40 minutes north of Atlanta – in Suwanee/Cumming/Alpharetta area.
        If you are travelling along the coast, we would be pretty far away :(

  7. Melissa says

    March 19, 2011 at 6:18 pm

    Looks like you guys enjoyed your time in Alabama. I love that along with your travels and tourist trips you are finding fun parks to enjoy along the way as well.

  8. JulieK says

    March 19, 2011 at 7:04 am

    oh you think a ship is scary… my dad took us down to Groton, CT to tour the submarine he LIVED in for 3 months at a time when he was in the navy. Are you KIDDING? I would go bonkers cooped up in that thing. It is soooo claustrophobic! (and you’d be UNDERWATER! ahh!). But I don’t think I’d mind living on a BIG big ship for a little while…

    • Stephanie says

      March 27, 2011 at 7:15 pm

      You’re right – a submarine would be worse. I think I might go crazy down there.

      And I’d be sick-sick-sick either way. I have terrible sea legs.

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