Another interesting day. Our plan was to check out the Mobile Museum, one of their attractions is a display on pirates. After that we were going to tour the USS Hawes, a frigate in town for the Mardi Gras festivities. We have seen the captain, a woman, in two parades as a guest or grand marshal. Some of the sailors were on a float in yesterdays parade and today many of them were marching in a parade. Well, the museum was closed due to the holiday, many schools and government offices close for Mardi Gras. We went to plan B, there was a parade starting in a few minutes so we watched it and increased our booty of moon pies, candy, and of course....beads. Check Judy out in one of the pictures in the new shades she scored from one float. After the parade we walked to the USS Hawes and spent an hour and a half taking a great tour. The Hawes is based on Norfork and was commissioned in 1985. She has 5 female officers and rest of the crew of 150 are men, officers and enlisted. She can house 2 helicopters and their air crews. We all enjoyed the tour and the crew were very nice and informative.
