Another chilly morning here in Florida.  I visited Battery Worth on my morning walk:

This morning’s haul:

We visited the Gulf Islands National Seashore at Fort Pickens:

We then visited the fort itself:

This tunnel system was interesting:

Powder magazine:

Battery Pensacola, an Endicott-Period fort, was built inside the older Fort Pickens:

This 10-inch smoothbore was sleeved with an 8-inch rifled bore:

Battery D of Fort Pickens was destroyed in a fire and explosion in 1899:

Fort Pickens is one end of the Florida National Scenic Trail, which terminates on the other end in the Everglades:

Battery Payne:

Battery Langdon:

We drove west to St. George Island on Florida’s Forgotten Coast.  See the trip map for today’s drive.

Shabbos in Atlanta was enjoyable.  Turns out there were two families on the block that owned RVs!

I drove into Alabama to visit Horseshoe Bend National Military Park:

It was here that US forces under Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Stick Indians in 1814, but only after his Native American allies initiated an unauthorized attack on the Red Stick’s rear.  The Red Sticks had built a fortification across the neck of this natural bend.  US troops advanced from the foreground to the background of the photograph:

The approximate location of the Red Stick’s fortification:

US artillery position:

Memorial with incorrect date:

My next stop was Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site.  It was here that African-American pilots were trained for combat in World War II.  The visitor center was closed but it was still an interesting visit:

My next stop was nearby Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site:

This is Booker T. Washington’s house, The Oaks.  It was interesting to see the final chapter in Washington’s life, as we visited Booker T. Washington National Monument in 2016 where we saw the slave quarters where he grew up:

I continued south to pick up Trish at the Mobile airport.  We then continued south to Duaphin Island.  See the trip map for today’s drive.

I woke up to a chilly but manageable 40 degrees in the RV this morning.  I drove a few miles to Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park:

The visitor center was excellent as usual:

The visitor center houses the extensive Fuller Gun Collection:

I continued south to Atlanta to visit Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park:

The park includes King’s birth home:

King’s tomb:

I continued on to my Shabbos location in Atlanta:

Good Shabbos from Atlanta, Georgia!  See the trip map for today’s drive.