Dauphin Island (Day off) April 19, 2010

Our day off on Dauphin Island was relaxing and renewing.  Sue Hersman, Jo Ann Klassen, Jo Ann Bary and I grabbed the Island Shuttle to go to brunch.  The driver, Beryl, answered our questions about the island, and even took us on an extended ride to the West End.  The island has one end that  gets hit by hurricanes more than the other.  The houses that have been built there were put up in the 90's in the housing boom.  Beryl said they put up expensive houses on even more expensive land.  When the hurricanes came through, not only did they lose their houses, but the land was under water as well!  Even if they had flood/hurricane insurance, the insurance companies won't pay on land loss just because it is under water.  It is still there!  Crazy people!

As we continued on our tour, we saw the bridge we rode across, Fort Gaines (a Civil War Fort), and the Ferry we were going to take on our way out the next morning.

We walked to a small restaurant for dinner where they had fresh catch fish and shrimp.  On our way home we saw this statue of a brown pelican.