Wintzell’s Oyster Bar-Mobile, Alabama

We left Fort Pickens Campground in Pensacola Beach, Florida, about 10 a.m. following a flood of locals who came for the holiday weekend.  The line at the dump station was long.

Charles and Sandy had been telling us about this restaurant and wanted us to try it out.  So we drove to Mobile, parked our rigs in a nearby Walmart parking lot and then piled into Sandy’s car and off we went.

 

The area and the interior of the restaurant is quirky.  The walls are covered with sayings.

      

The establishment is 75 years old and has an extensive menu and looks like the original oyster bar.  This guy shucked oysters the whole time we were there.

           

The food was very good and I liked that they offer grilled selections and not only fried.

We started with crab soup. AMAZING! You could tell they used crab stock and cream.	Sandy had grilled bacon wrapped shrimp with okra
Here’s Jim’s Fried J.O. Platter Jr. with fish, shrimp and oysters with hush puppies	Here is my Grilled J.O. Platter, Jr. with the same seafood and a side of cheese grits.

After a two-hour lunch break we continued on to Davis Bayou Campground in Oceans Springs, Mississippi.  It is also part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore like Fort Pickens Campground in Pensacola Beach.

We were lucky to find one of the remaining sites.  We thought we wouldn’t have a problem because the locals would have already left, but seems a bunch of us Senior Pass folks are staying here and the choice of sites were meager.  We aren’t side by side with Charles and Sandy but a couple hundred feet away.

We got set up and enjoyed being able to sit outside with Charles and Sandy for the early evening until the chill of night forced us inside. There were a lot of clouds so the sunset was spectacular. This photo doesn’t do it justice.  We’ll be looking for a good spot for future sunsets.

Remember, all you folks out there…..you are loved.

Lambert’s Throwed Rolls

I realize this is not correct English, but that’s how they say it at Lambert’s Café.  Neither the Tumolos nor the Lees had ever “experienced” Lambert’s so we decided to drive back over to Foley, AL from Pensacola to meet and have lunch. 

Everybody had a good time and couldn’t believe the amount of food you get.

Sal’s meat loaf dinner-check out the size of the roll to the left	Charles’s chicken pot pie
Sandy’s chicken fried chicken was too big for the plate.	My chicken wings

Then if you dinner with two side choices isn’t enough they have servers walking around with pots and large bowls offering “pass arounds” from tomato and macs, fried okra, boiled cabbage, fried potatoes, etc.  They also have servers passing out apple butter and sorghum molasses for your “throwed” rolls.

      

                                              

I think all of us took home most of our meals and just ate the “pass arounds” and rolls.  Nice experience that everyone enjoyed.

We said goodbye to Bobbie and Sal and drove over to the Old Time Pottery store.  I love this place as they sell a lot of household items and very little pottery, per se.  We found a few things.

Then it was off to Coleman Outlet Store to see if there was anything else we needed at 40% off.  Jim was thinking of buying another Road Trip grill but decided not to.

Then our last stop was to Stacey’s Rexall Drug which has a quaint, old-fashioned soda fountain and those cute heart shaped metal chairs.

 

 

We had a wonderful time and finished off the day by seeing the sunset at the Pensacola Elk’s Club.  It is located on the bay with it’s own marina and sits high up on stilts.  It is a beautiful setting.

      

      

It had been a good, good day full with great friends, delicious food and many, many giggles.

Remember, you are loved.