Tom and Jen bought a truck camper.
Day 219: Selma St, Mobile, AL Sunny and warm. Mobile is not too large a city, so by today we were looking at more things to do in the region. We drove south to Bayou La Batre, “The Seafood Capital of Alabama.” It is a tiny town with lots of fishing boats, boat building, and... Continue Reading →
Day 218: Selma St, Mobile, AL Sunny and mild. Mobile has a year-round Mardi Gras store and we got some lights in gold, purple and green for decorating Arvi. Most of the homes on Katherine’s street are decorated for Mardi Gras, and there is a large lot in town with 50-100 RVs and room for... Continue Reading →
Day 217: Selma St, Mobile, AL Cloudy and cool. So now we are in Mobile at our friend Katherine’s house. Katherine took us to the Flora-Bama bar on the state line. On the way we stopped at Montrose. Here is a round hut built by a man with tuberculosis who, given a year to live,... Continue Reading →
Day 216: Gulf Coast Gator Ranch , Moss Point, MS Raining. We checked out the Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum in Biloxi. I guessed what impression I was most left is the great number of hurricanes the Mississippi coast has endured! Firstly the museum presented a long time line about the history of Biloxi. Most... Continue Reading →
Day 215: Laurel Walmart, MS Sunny and mild. We found diesel fuel at the lowest price of our entire trip this morning in Gulfport: $2.29. Strange, everybody else was higher. Highway 90 on the Gulf Coast runs predominately right along the water, with homes and businesses on the opposite side of the road. The west... Continue Reading →
Day 214: Laurel Walmart, MS Raining. Lee’s Coffee and Tea is the perfect place to spend a rainy day and work on your income taxes. They have screaming fast WiFi, make great breakfasts and lunches, and have an upstairs balcony where you can plug in your computer and have privacy. We were there all day... Continue Reading →
Day 213: Buccaneer State Park, MS Sunny and warm. Today was soooo delightful. We drove along the Mississippi Gulf Coast in sunshine. In Pass Christian we had coffee overlooking the water. Then we had redfish and oysters in Gulfport overlooking the water. In 2006 I helped chaperone a Saline Fiddlers (high school performing group) trip... Continue Reading →
Day 212: Cracker Barrel, Slidell, LA Cloudy and cool. We moved 15 miles east to Mississippi, then spent an hour at the Visitor Center mulling over if we should go back to Louisiana and drive the long drive along the Mississippi River into the Gulf. Mississippi won over and we are at Buccaneer State Park... Continue Reading →
Day 211: Abita Brewing Company, Abita Springs, LA Raining. Our time in Louisiana is waning. We are going south again to New Orleans to check out the Chalmette Battlefield portion of the Jean Lafitte National Historic Park. A project for a glum day. I didn’t realize that the Battle of New Orleans had such importance.... Continue Reading →
Day 210: Fairview-Riverside State Park, on the Tchefuncte River, LA Mostly sunny and mild. This was the third time we’ve had something lifted from our campsite while we were gone. We had left our door mat over the fire pit, along with our firewood, upon which I pinned a note asking to please leave the... Continue Reading →
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