The cold weather up north pushed the temperature to 31.9F last night (for at least an hour) but things bounced back to the high 50s once the sun came out. Today was a trip to Blakely State Park, the last major battle of the civil war east of the Mississippi. It occurred the same day as the surrender in Virginia. The 83rd Ohio fighting for a swamp defeated the Confederates. What a waste and boondoggle. The town was already deserted from a yellow fever epidemic in the 1820s. The Spanish fought the British here also in 1790. Governments just love to waste lives killing soldiers in swamps and deserts so the rich can make more and more. Things have not changed much in that regard, in the last two centuries. The park is now bordered by fancy subdivisions as Spanish Fort is just off the I-10 bridge and Mobile is across the bay.
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