We spent the morning looking for a generator tail pipe hanger for Howie. Somehow, somewhere over the last few weeks, this part has been damaged. We tried many places. No one had it. Plus, our little tom-tom kept giving us weird directions, like telling us to turn right when we could see the place on the left. We were beginning to wonder if it was broken, even though it had been updated just before Harris left. After searching the town of Picayune, we drove on toward Biloxi along the gulf coast on highway 90. We saw miles and miles of beautiful white sand beaches. Unfortunately, the wind was really blowing, so we didn’t want to even get out and take pictures. The sand was being blown across the beach, across the sidewalks, across the roads and across the medians. We didn’t even try geocaching.
Because this area was hit by Katrina, we saw a lot of empty lots, some with the remains of foundations. Many lots were for sale. Then there were many houses with what looked like fairly new roofs. We assumed that if these houses had been damaged, they had been rebuilt. There were empty lots, little houses, and great big beautiful houses. Harris took a picture of 2 houses that were on the same lot…gorgeous houses.
We finally found the part we needed in Biloxi, after trying many places. Harris put it on tonight when we reached our resting place. We also stopped for lunch at a casino in Biloxi that had been recommended to us. It was okay for a casino buffet. Harris enjoyed the shrimp, gumbo and fried catfish. It was late by the time we stopped for lunch, so we sure didn’t need dinner tonight!
Two houses on 1 lot that withstood Katrina
Our little misguided tom-tom took us right to a quilt shop in Ocean Springs. So, it does know how to navigate! Sad to say, the quilt shop was no longer there (it was turned into a bar—go figure), even though the awning still advertised it as a quilt shop. Oh well.
Spring is definitely here in the south. There are beautiful azalea bushes blooming everywhere we go. There are even roses blooming! The weather has been beautiful until today.
Tom-tom couldn’t find our current RV park,(Johnny’s RV park outside of Mobile, Alabama) but the directions in our camp club book took us to it. Good thing Harris plugged the leak, because there is a lightning, thunder and rain storm going on. We’ll see in the morning if it’s still dry.
We asked for a site away from the highway, so we’re way in the back by a small lake. It’s very quiet….until we heard a railroad train go by! Turns out that there is a RR track not 50 yards from us.
(FYI…you should know. We’ve seen many billboards along the way over the last few days that say the world is ending May 21, 2011. You’ve been warned.)
Total miles driven today= 140
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