[HobieMarty]

I was amazed at all the calcification along with the algae on some of the walls giving such a textured look. There were stalagtite like formations hanging from the ceiling in places and below some of these were little mounds of the same substance from dripping down and collecting for a hundred or more years. On our visit to Fort Morgan, some of Battery Duportail was blocked off because of deteriorating concrete with exposed and rusted rebar so we weren't able to explore the inside of that one too much.
The pictures from Ft Gaines showing that one room with about a half a foot of water in the floor just looks beautiful to me, like a cathedral. I'm glad my Sister-in-law took the pictures, I had only looked in and saw that it was flooded and went back up the spiral stairs. That is cool that you got to explore the fort as a kid, that would have been awesome. This was my first trip to either fort and now I would like to explore the forts in Pensacola as well. I grew up on the Florida panhandle coast but have never been to any of the forts in the area.

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