We are in Gulfport Mississippi staying on the Seabee base.  They have a really nice camp site with concrete pads and grass.  Just really different from sand.  Don't have to sweep as often!!!  We arrived here on Wednesday and will be here until Friday, the 17th.  We were going to leave on Tuesday but the weather has been lousy and we want to visit Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans.  Right now it is pouring rain and thunderstorms are coming and going.
We have been exploring Gulfport and Biloxi.  Friday we took a long ride down Route 90 which runs right along the coast.  The devastation from Katrina is still evident when you drive along the coast.  There are so many empty lots, some of them have historic signs so you know that the houses that used to be on the lots were many many years old.  Also there are a lot of casinos.  When they first allowed casinos they had to be on the water in boats but now they are big hotels and casinos. 
Friday, we went to Beauvoir the home of Jefferson Davis.  What a beautiful piece of property.   We took the house tour and the docent was telling us that Katrina brought the water level up 24 feet and the house is built 23 feet off the ground.  So there was 1 foot of water inside the house.  They have completely restored the main house but the two side houses were destroyed and they have reproduced them.  There are beautiful gardens in the back of the house and they keep animals.  We were watching a new baby goat and its Momma.  So cute.  The baby kept getting out of the pen and the Momma would bleat and bleat to get the baby back.  After the last Davis died the home was used as a home for Confederate veterans and their wives until 1954.  Really is an interesting site.  We watched a movie on Jefferson Davis in the museum.  Was quite interesting also.  After we left Beauvoir we decided that it was too early for dinner so we went to one of the casinos.  You all know how that turned out.  We donated some of our dollars to the cause.  Oh well, we tried.  Then we found a good place for bar-b-que.  Jack had ribs and I had pulled pork.  Both were very good. 
We lazed around on Saturday.  But we did go do a little shopping.  Jack was looking for Tonic Water and was having a horrible time finding it.  We ended up going to WalMart and Jack got to see his first Walmartian!!!  He said there was actually a women whose boobs were hanging out of the bottom of her shirt.  Guess all those pictures are true!!!
Today we decided since it was supposed to rain we would just go over to Kessler Air Force Base and go shopping.  Nice Exchange here I guess because it is a training base.  Much nicer than any that we have been in since we have been traveling.  We also took a ride through the Veterans Cemetary (it's a Jack thing) and past the huge VA hospital. 
Ok enough with the tour stuff. I gotta tell you all that we are definitely in the South!!!!  Biloxi is having a special election to elect a new mayor and these are just a few of the people running.  There's FoFo, Windy and Cono - the males running and then there is Dixie - the female - just to name a few.  Only in the south!!!!
Well, that's enough for now.  Hopefully Jack will post the pictures we have been taking so you all can see them sometime in the next few days. 
Will keep you posted.