Bob & Susie's Big Adventure

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Jefferson Davis Home Biloxi, MS

Touring the last home of Jefferson Davis

The home was named "Beauvoir" by the second owner, Sarah Dorsey.

Jefferson Davis took ownership of the home in 1879.

The property sits across the street from the white sandy beach and the Gulf.

http://beauvoir.org/about/about.htm

The house is furnished with most of the furniture original to Jefferson Davis.

Below is one of two identical cottages on the property.

The home is about 180 years old and was never damaged until Katrina.

The photo below was taken 7 months after the hurricane.

The first photo above is the home today.

It took two painters 13 months to finish painting the interior walls to their original decor.

Nice prime real estate on the water, sandy white beach and only blocks from downtown Ocean Springs, MS. Population of Ocean Springs is about 17,400. Nice town with nice people.

The first place shown on the video below is listed at $1,000,000.

http://www.trulia.com/property/3078238544-213-Front-Beach-Dr-Ocean-Springs-MS-39564

Bob is ready to go shrimping. He liked this big shrimp boat.

Yesterday's catch.

3 lbs. all cooked up. (this is only my share)

Tomorrow we are on the road, heading west on Interstate 10 to Lake Charles, LA.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Taking it easy on the beach

The Gulf of Mexico is beautiful

Hope those Gulls don't fly over about now.

Biloxi, MS

Our friend Hermie, the Hermit Crab

$2.50 a pound. I thought this was soooo awesome until Bob was cleaning & pulling heads off and he found a squid among them. Ewwwww! ICK!

The Squid

This little 1" fish was in with the shrimp, too. But he was adorable.

Devastation still remains from Katrina

More devastation and some survive

Sunday, September 23, 2012

We are leisurely driving toward Mission, TX. We are to report for our new jobs on Oct. 15th, so we are sightseeing along the way. We are extremely happy to be back near the BIG water again. We are currently camping at Davis Bayou Campground in Gulf Islands National Park. The campground is only 1/4 mile from the gulf, but seperated by trees and marsh.