(Destination Anywhere – The Commitments)
Off to Daphne.
https://www.buc-ees.com/index.php
On our way we stopped at BUC-EE’S to get some breakfast.
Poor choice.
Buc-ee’s is a chain of convenience stores located in the Central, North, South, and Southeast regions of Texas and Robertsdale, Alabama.
I wish I’d known this before we stopped.
I don’t know what I was expecting but this wasn’t it. It’s almost like a super general store. It has a bit of everything. And a lot of food but no where to sit and eat it.
But it has the biggest and best restrooms I’ve seen down here. Enormous!
A few photos.
What a row of drinks!
A few food choices.
And more food choices.
The only place I’ve ever seen wages posted inside and outside the store.
And the most gas pumps I’ve ever seen.
Needless to say we didn’t buy breakfast here.
We continued our travels to Daphne.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne,_Alabama
Daphne is a city in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States, on the eastern shoreline of Mobile Bay.
Daphne, dating to 1763 (when it was commonly known as “TheVillage”), retains a small-town feel. Spanish moss-draped oaks shade quiet streets. In the town’s center, homes of yesteryear have been converted into distinctive cafès and boutiques.
This community became a resort destination for Mobile and New Orleans residents prior to the Civil War. Wealthy families flocked to the area’s elegant hotels, one of which currently houses BaysideAcademy prep school. In the early 1900s, Italian families settled here and brought their tradition of great food and wine.
We stopped in to East Shore Café in Old Towne Daphne for breakfast.
It’s a small, family run spot with very friendly staff and ok food. Except for their homemade chocolate chip, coconut, and macadamia nut cookies which they presented to us as a first timers gift. Super yummy.
Our next stop was Gator Alley Boardwalk.
“Alligator Alley” is the name of a boardwalk built by the town of Daphne specifically to allow visitors to view Daphne’s scaly wild critters in their natural habitat. The gators are most active in Spring and Fall.
We walked along the boardwalk and met a women who said she saw two floating down the water.
We saw the two alligators.
If you are on the boardwalk they’re harder to see and it’s difficult to take pictures through the chain link fence. But we noticed across from us was the parking lot for the Hampton Inn and it was open to the water. So over we trekked. Perfect.
We had great views of an alligator that kept swimming back and forth in front of us. Yippee. Mission accomplished.
We took our time watching him, her 🤷♀️ I don’t know which. It was so enjoyable.
Off we went back home.
Seeing the alligators made our day. 😁
Nite y’all 😴
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