Part 3, Day 4 - Gulf Coast(links are in orange/yellow)
Sorry it's taken so long to continue....
(this is a picture heavy post!)
[you can click on the pictures to see them larger]
[you can click on the pictures to see them larger]
We slept in on Monday morning, followed with a walk on the beach and breakfast at McDonald's.
We visited the Hurricane memorials in Biloxi
(note the bent flagpole & building frame behind the memorial...this damage occurred during Hurricane Katrina)
We were off the the home of Jefferson Davis (Beauvoir) - it was a lovely home and it was amazing to see how much restoration had been done with Katrina had happened - our tour guide was fantastic. AND...we sat in the rockers on the front porch while we waited for our tour
[at the time of our visit, June 2012 they were busy building the new Presidential Library and Visitor Center, which was housed at trailers at the time we were there]
[at the time of our visit, June 2012 they were busy building the new Presidential Library and Visitor Center, which was housed at trailers at the time we were there]
DD in the Rose Garden (which will be redone after the construction is complete)
Ask DS about "Sean Connery" who was on our tour
We decided to continue on a drive since it was the heat of the day and we were already in the van - so we headed west along the Gulf - there was still a lot of damage left from Katrina and a lot of rebuilding going on
What is left of a bank...the vault (yes, it was empty)
The door was rusted open
All along US 90, there are trees that were damaged by Katrina that sculptors Dayton Scoggins & Marlin Miller, has turned into works of art
We stopped in to get our Passports stamped, DD earned another Jr. Ranger badge and enjoyed a walk through part of the park
Crabs:
We had dinner at the BEST BBQ place we found on vacation:
Talk about an ironic piece of "junk"
We changed at the hotel and played at the beach until the sun went down
You can click on the "travel" tag to see the other posts from our trip
Glad you got back to vacation pics! Love these. I didn't realize that Biloxi had a Hurricane Memorial but shouldn't be surprised. They've been hit by quite a few of them over the years.
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How fun to see my old hometown through someone else's eyes!! I remember a few years back visiting my family and taking pictures of the hurricane memorial from Katrina. I even went down just a week after it hit to pick up my mom from Pass Christian.
ReplyDeleteI now HAVE to know what you mean by "ask DS about Sean Connery"!! Thanks for posting all about your trip.
having never traveled in that part of the country, I'm really enjoying seeing your vacation photos; thanks for sharing! (I love all the different sand creations, too!!)
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