Mobile

This weekend we took advantage of our three day break and took another road trip. We are experts by now. When we left Washington we signed up for a hotel rewards program and since we traveled such a long way we raked in lots of points. Several free nights in fact, two of which we used for a trip to Mobile (pronounced Mo beel).

When we checked in at our hotel we got our keys for room 118. It smelled horrible, every bldg has a bit of a musty smell of too much humidity and not enough AC but this was a touch overboard. I walked in to use the water closet and was greeted by something small scurrying back down the toilet drain. The whole bowl was brown and black. After Dan did a double check to make sure I wasn't going crazy, yep this is gross, we took our gear back to the front desk.

We were then given keys to room 220. I assumed that when we first made a reservation for a non-smoking room that they would then book our second room as non-smoking room as well. I was wrong. We decided we would try to handle the stench. Off we went to do some exploring in this great state of ours. After all, that was the whole purpose of our trip, what good is living somewhere new if you can't go exploring?

We toured the USS Alabama, not made here but named for the state. It was pretty cool, used during WWII, carrying 2,400 men.

We returned to room 220 to find we just couldn't hack the smell, and why should we? We didn't pay for a smoking room anyhow (yes, they still have those). Back to the front desk we go to explain the situation, this time we asked for a clean, non-smoking room. We were then given keys to room 323. Which had spectacular views.

The hot water in the tub didn't shut off, despite our best efforts but at this point we realized we weren't going to get a perfect (or close to perfect) room here.

Day two of Mobile was less eventful than day one, for that we are thankful.

We went to "Gator Alley"

Mobile is full of history and terrific architecture.

Mobile Bay

What did you do for your three day weekend?