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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 3696714" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p>While the following isn't really historical nor beautiful, it was an interesting experience. There is a ferry running between Dauphin Island (near Fort Gaines) and Fort Morgan. The cost is $18 one way for a vehicle and its driver and then an additional $6 for each additional passenger. So, while it cost us $30 to cross the bay (roughly a 30 minute trip), it did more to save us time but not money. To go back north from Dauphin Island to Mobile and then across to the East Shore and then down to Fort Morgan, it would have been more than an hour's time.</p><p></p><p>In addition, this gave us the opportunity to see both forts from the bay.</p><p></p><p>This particular ferry had two areas where one could stand to view things on the bay and take pictures. Where I am standing to take pictures is one place, and the other is behind the ferry's cockpit area.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-PKmXL3v/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-PKmXL3v/0/e52be96c/X2/DSC_2750-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>The locals gathered to see us off from Dauphin Island. A few even "waved" to us.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-Tkwxchx/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-Tkwxchx/0/64a71d9a/X2/DSC_5023-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>This is the best photo that I have showing Fort Gaines from the bay.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-d2tsrWD/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-d2tsrWD/0/54bc5de1/X2/DSC_5053-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Off-shore oil or gas facilities.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-KdMCtRD/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-KdMCtRD/0/99e7dd9d/X2/DSC_5059-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>A bit hazy on the bay that day, but this is a view of Fort Morgan from the ferry.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-dTj6hR2/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-dTj6hR2/0/1f7b9242/X2/DSC_5069-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I'm not positive because I can't see familiar markings, but I don't think this is a Coast Guard vessel.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-BrGHssq/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-BrGHssq/0/d746bcc0/X2/DSC_5081-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-TCQXWHt/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-TCQXWHt/0/4ab4f5bb/X2/DSC_5115-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>And this is the ferry terminal at Fort Morgan. The ferry "parked" in between the pilings and nosed up to the "road." The line of vehicles in the background to the right of the pilings are motorists waiting to take the ferry from Fort Morgan to Dauphin Island.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-GLjzJRT/A" target="_blank"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-GLjzJRT/0/eb7f3050/X2/DSC_5117-X2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I guess an interesting experience with taking the ferry, which was our first time ever to use one, was the experience of sitting in one's vehicle with the engine off and parking brake set and sensing the movement. That went away as soon as I got out and started gathering up a couple of cameras.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 3696714, member: 7900"] While the following isn't really historical nor beautiful, it was an interesting experience. There is a ferry running between Dauphin Island (near Fort Gaines) and Fort Morgan. The cost is $18 one way for a vehicle and its driver and then an additional $6 for each additional passenger. So, while it cost us $30 to cross the bay (roughly a 30 minute trip), it did more to save us time but not money. To go back north from Dauphin Island to Mobile and then across to the East Shore and then down to Fort Morgan, it would have been more than an hour's time. In addition, this gave us the opportunity to see both forts from the bay. This particular ferry had two areas where one could stand to view things on the bay and take pictures. Where I am standing to take pictures is one place, and the other is behind the ferry's cockpit area. [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-PKmXL3v/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-PKmXL3v/0/e52be96c/X2/DSC_2750-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The locals gathered to see us off from Dauphin Island. A few even "waved" to us. [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-Tkwxchx/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-Tkwxchx/0/64a71d9a/X2/DSC_5023-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This is the best photo that I have showing Fort Gaines from the bay. [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-d2tsrWD/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-d2tsrWD/0/54bc5de1/X2/DSC_5053-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Off-shore oil or gas facilities. [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-KdMCtRD/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-KdMCtRD/0/99e7dd9d/X2/DSC_5059-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] A bit hazy on the bay that day, but this is a view of Fort Morgan from the ferry. [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-dTj6hR2/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-dTj6hR2/0/1f7b9242/X2/DSC_5069-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I'm not positive because I can't see familiar markings, but I don't think this is a Coast Guard vessel. [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-BrGHssq/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-BrGHssq/0/d746bcc0/X2/DSC_5081-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-TCQXWHt/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-TCQXWHt/0/4ab4f5bb/X2/DSC_5115-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] And this is the ferry terminal at Fort Morgan. The ferry "parked" in between the pilings and nosed up to the "road." The line of vehicles in the background to the right of the pilings are motorists waiting to take the ferry from Fort Morgan to Dauphin Island. [URL='https://terrymiller.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-GLjzJRT/A'][IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Alabama-Sights-and-Attractions/Out-and-About-in-Alabama/Mobile-Bay-Ferry-Ride/i-GLjzJRT/0/eb7f3050/X2/DSC_5117-X2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I guess an interesting experience with taking the ferry, which was our first time ever to use one, was the experience of sitting in one's vehicle with the engine off and parking brake set and sensing the movement. That went away as soon as I got out and started gathering up a couple of cameras. [/QUOTE]
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