BILOXI MISSISSIPPI

April 12 and 13, 2012

Traveling across Interstate 12 and meeting up with Interstate 10 kept us from having to go through New Orleans since we could not do that city justice in one day.  We stopped at the Magic River Resort  to go down on Hwy 90 to check out the damage and rebuildng after huricane, Katrina.  Our first stop was the Beauvoir Mansion which was the last home of President Jefferson Davis and his Presidential Library.  Here are pictures from now and pictures showing the destruction fro Karina.

 



After the Beauvoir House Tour, we got the tour bus and guide for Biloxi all to ourselves!  It was great and very interesting!  Our guide was a school teacher doing the tours as a seond job.  So he was very informative and humorous also.

His tour covered most of the destruction and the restoration, including the cemetery (with the actual water line marker) which indicated that the grave markers were under water.  While there one of the above ground vaults was being rebuilt.  Better late than never, as he said the city had been on the family to get this taken care of.





One stop was to view the Monument to all who had died because of Katrina, which also had any items found during the reconstruction on display.



The only carving that was painted.  What appears to be a deck around the tree in the picture is called a shoo-fly!

 There were many carvings done on the damaged tree trunks that were still standing.  There is some awesome art work.  One little fenced park with some of the carvings was paid for by the city.  After that a gentlemen  from Ft. Walton Beach volunteered his time and talent to do many more around the area. Many of the trees were killed by the 18 hours that the salt water covered the area.  They then were at risk by the winds.  Wonderful that someone was creative enough to think of turning it into art!!  Enjoy!!



Th Civic Center that we went back to visit is filled with a lot of Biloxi History.  Very Interesting!  I had no idea that there are so many ethnic groups, and when and why they came to this area!!





View from the garden of carvings looking across the highway at the Gulf of Mexico.

  



Just a sampling of house styles in the area that were restoration.



We walked the beach after our tours. I love the water and beaches!!




Sand Trikes, look like much fun to me!!  But chicken to try one!!



Now it is time for some good BBQ at Hog Heaven just a stones throw from the Gulf.  YUM!!

The following day we drove the other direction on Hwy 90 to St. Louis Mississppi to see their restoration.  Much of the same, but I did find this bank vault sitting out in the middle of nowhere!!  Evidently the storm winds took the rest!!



Wonder where the money went??

It is hard to imagine facing this kind of devestation!!  I often think that the follow-up after a tornado is bad, but think of that with all of the water damage also!! 

Our travels are over for a month of April while we jaunt around Pensacola FL.  Stay tuned and I will show you a little of that. 



Cemetery mentioned above.  Somehow it jumped to the bottom of the Blog.  I just don't understand, nor am I going to try to fix!!



Tour Guide mentioned above!!  It also jumped to the bottom!!