After Hurricane Katrina wood carvers made art from the ruins. The storm surge brought in salty water and killed many of the old oaks that grew along the coast. The tree trunks were carved into a variety of items. We loved these eagles.
beautiful, empty, white beaches.
We left Slidell and headed for the Mississippi coast. Stopped for gas and I was encouraged to sample a local delicacy, boiled peanuts. OK, I'm game. Hummmm, they are soft (clerk said perhaps they have been boiling too long.) Chew, chew -- soft boiled peanuts taste a little like black-eyed peas. I love black-eyed peas but I don't like boiled peanuts. Must be an acquired taste!
We drove along the coast -- Pass Christian and Gulfport. These town were hard hit by Katrina. Robin Roberts did a lot of interviews from this area -- she is from Pass Christian.
Beautiful white sand beaches! Empty white sand beaches -- must be off season. Lovely old homes on shore side of the road -- huge old oaks. Passed the "Dixie White House," so called because Woodrow Wilson visited it frequently. I Googled this name and found an article that said the "Dixie White House" was razed following Hurricane Camille in 1969. Well, folks, there is a house standing today that is described by a historical marker as being the "Dixie White House." Wonder what the real story is!
From Mississippi we entered Alabama. Only 66 miles of this state touch the Gulf. We decided to avoid the big-city traffic of the Mobile area and took a side trip to Dauphin Island and from there a ferry across Mobile Bay. Had we gone the other way we would have passed under a river by driving through the George Wallace Tunnel, then emerging in Florida. We spent the second night in Tallahassee, the capital of Florida.
We drove along the coast -- Pass Christian and Gulfport. These town were hard hit by Katrina. Robin Roberts did a lot of interviews from this area -- she is from Pass Christian.
Beautiful white sand beaches! Empty white sand beaches -- must be off season. Lovely old homes on shore side of the road -- huge old oaks. Passed the "Dixie White House," so called because Woodrow Wilson visited it frequently. I Googled this name and found an article that said the "Dixie White House" was razed following Hurricane Camille in 1969. Well, folks, there is a house standing today that is described by a historical marker as being the "Dixie White House." Wonder what the real story is!
From Mississippi we entered Alabama. Only 66 miles of this state touch the Gulf. We decided to avoid the big-city traffic of the Mobile area and took a side trip to Dauphin Island and from there a ferry across Mobile Bay. Had we gone the other way we would have passed under a river by driving through the George Wallace Tunnel, then emerging in Florida. We spent the second night in Tallahassee, the capital of Florida.
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