Biloxi, Mississippi

Greetings,
We are in Biloxi, Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico. The picture above is actually from Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island in Alabama, when we visited one day. We are still with our friends, Jerry and Charley. The day we arrived they all went to the famous restaurant, Mary Mahoney's for a delicious lunch.

Bobby Mahoney, Mary Mahoney's son who now runs the restaurant took us our table and proceeded to regale us with lots of great southern jokes. His delivery was fantastic. If you have the time and you want to listen to some great jokes, click on this link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiD2tnB12EY

We spent one afternoon touring Beauvoir, the Jefferson Davis Home and Library.

Dad was busy studying his map as we toured the grounds.

We had a great tour guide who gave us a tour of his house.Beauvoir is French for beautiful view and you can see why, as the house is overlooking the Gulf of Mexico

The ceilings were beautiful

and the figure in the middle was not actually raised, just painted to look as if it was.

Check out  his and

hers bathubs. Looks like the right size for Brody or me!

On one foggy day, we drove to Dauphin Island, Alabama at the tip of the Mobile Bay. Brody and I were looking forward to our picnic lunch, but it was so cold and windy that we had to eat in the car. But we did convince mom to take us for a walk down a long pier

as we wanted to look at the beach. It was a long way out to the end.

 but we finally got there, not much to see, just lots of sand.

We were glad to take a break before heading back.

Another day, mom and dad left us in the RV and they went to Mobile, Alabama to tour the Carnival Museum. Bet you didn't know that the Mardi Gras originated in Mobile, not New Orleans.

It was very interesting, and the costumes for the king and queens through the years were displayed throughout the museum. All of them handmade and looked extraordinarily heavy to wear.

 

We learned you had to be from a family of privilege to be crowned a king or queen.Our docent lived in Mobile all her life. Her mother was queen in the 1920's

and her son was king in the 1980's.  They had a great visit but we were sure glad to see them come home. Sorry about my toothless grin, I usually try to remember to keep my mouth closed!

Next stop, northern Mississippi and Alabama.
Adios,
Yuki and Brody