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| Biloxi Marina |
As a 1st
grade teacher, one of my favorite books to read to my class was “Oh, No,
Santa’s Stuck”. That title keeps popping
into my head only titled, “Oh, No, Nancy and Steve are Stuck!” We are still in Biloxi and will be until
Thanksgiving Day or the day after! “Why?” you may ask…..weather conditions. So, we are trying our best to make the best
of this part of the trip.
So, this
will be an update on what you can do, living on a boat, stuck in a new
environment! First of all, we rented a
car. This enables us to drive and see
Biloxi and the surrounding areas. Why,
we even found Wal Mart J. My second favorite
thing to find is new/good restaurants in the area. Steve and I like to try to eat the local
favorites, which means, here on the Gulf is anything that lives IN the
Gulf! A great restaurant we tried was
The Oyster House! GOOD STUFF! Both of us are gumbo fans now and will be
looking for recipes to recreate at home.
We’ve even found that we like oysters (prepared the correct way, that
is!).
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| Beau Rivage Casino |
Biloxi is a military city with Keesler Air
Force Base that located here. Also, with
its location on the Gulf, Naval ships and other vessels have a tie to the
city. There are lots of statues and
memorials found throughout the area.
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| Cannon from Sunken French Ship |
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| War Memorial - Tower from USS Biloxi |
Our BIGGEST
find was Beauvoir…..hmmmmm, what is that?
Well, being northerners most of our lives, we never knew that Jefferson
Davis (president of the Confederacy) lived out his life in Biloxi after the
Civil War. His home (Beauvoir) and the library are owned and operated by the
Mississippi Division of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans. The home overlooks the Gulf and the bay and
Beauvoir means “beautiful view” in French.
The home is beautifully decorated with period furnishings and many that
were owned by the Davis family. Sadly,
Hurricane Katrina played havoc with this whole area. So, in the eight years that have passed, many
volunteers have brought it back to its former grandeur. LOVELY!
It was here that Jefferson Davis wrote and finished his two-volume books
entitled “Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government”. I love history, so this tour was so
informative. Interestingly, the North
may have a slightly different view on these southern military leaders and
President Davis than their southern counterparts!
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| Jefferson Davis |
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| Front Porch of Beauvoir |
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| Beauvoir - Beautiful View from the Front Porch Overlooking the Gulf |
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| Civil War Veteran's Cemetery Behind Beauvior |
The weather
this AM is in the high forties….brrrr!
We are finding things to do INSIDE the boat this morning. Who knows what “finds” await us this
afternoon. We’ll keep you posted and
hope y’all have a good day.
