My sister Bev came down for a visit and to escape Michigan's winter for awhile. She said one of the highlights was going to 2 days of Mardi Gras parades, as a side benefit she also picked up some new jewelry. She went to 4 parades one day and saw Joe Cain's widows; on Fat Tuesday we all went to 5, most of which were back to back. One parade group was called the Comic Cowboys, you can see a couple of their floats comentary on current events. The weather was only so so, it was colder than usual but we had some decent sunshine so she didn't get to sit outside too much. She did get to check out the beach a few times and some of out favorite restaurants, including Subway! We finally made it to the Gulf Shores Museum, something Judy and I have wanted to check out for the last 2 winters. The most interesting sight was a video of hurricane Ivan (?) which hit the city a few years ago.
We spent 2 nights at Jody & Bruce's home in Mobile. They are getting their place ready to sell in order to move to Gulfport, MS later this year. We enlisted Bev's help for 2 or 3 days house cleaning to help them. Thanks for the help BJ.
