We spent our last day here doing things near the campground. We went to Fort Pickens and went on a tour a Park Ranger was conducting. It was interesting and we learned things we would have not known otherwise. Fort Pickens was completed in 1834 and was used until 1947. It is the largest fort like this we have seen. The most interesting thing to me was the Apache warrior Geronimo was imprisoned here at the fort along with other Apaches (see photo below).

In 1899, they had a big fire that exploded their big storage of gun powder. It blew out a huge section of the wall (see photo below). That section is still missing. The wall is 12 feet thick at the base and 4 feet thick at the top so it must have been a big explosion. 

When we got back to the campground late this afternoon, a storm came through. The wind was the worst we have experienced when being in the camper. We were tense for a while. 

We head home tomorrow but will spend the night along the way. It will probably be in Fort Payne which is home to the singing group Alabama.

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View from Fort Pickens of the lighthouse where we had been a few days ago. It is a short distance by air but takes about 50 minutes to drive there since there is not a bridge nearby. 

Below shows the missing section of wall that was blown away when the gun powder storage exploded in 1899. 

View of the sunset from inside our camper looking out our door.