Couldn’t find a gift shop in Mobile or Birmingham so I used a trick that I’d also used in Boise, Idaho and Manchester, New Hampshire – went to the airport 🙂

I’ll spend two nights in Birmingham

Classic southern lunch – fried catfish, collards and Brussels sprouts 😋

On to Alabama. I’ll spend two nights in Mobile followed by two nights in Birmingham

I love public markets and was lucky enough to find this gem when looking for a place to have lunch. Lots of good choices, but I opted to go with BBQ pulled pork again, with collards and green beans. Yum!

When built in 2005, it was the largest aquarium in the world. It has since been surpassed by the Marine Life Park in Singapore (2012).

Downtown and Centennial Olympic Park