Flashback to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. This small town was badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Most of the town was destroyed. The waterfront has been rebuilt with a levee the entire length of the beach. The Highway 90 bridge was completely wrecked. A new bridge has been built. It has won several awards. Hopefully hurricane resistant.
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| Destroyed Ramp to old bridge - Perhaps left as a monument? |
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| New Beautiful Bridge |
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| Bay St. Louis Beach |
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| Still boarded up - Across road from beach |
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| Tree of Angels - Levee Boardwalk in background |
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| Angel Closeup |
A lot of the town has been rebuilt or restored. However there are gaps and empty lots throughout the area. Many of the houses are built on stilts to minimize future flooding. I have heard advertisements for companies that will raise or even move your entire home.
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| House on Stilts |
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| Atchafalaya Wildlife Refuge Swamp |
We passed through or I should say over the Atchafalaya Wildlife Refuge. Interstate 10 travels through the park for about 20 or 30 miles. The road is a bridge built high above the swampland to minimize disruption of the waterways and animals. Very unique.
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| Is this sugar cane? |
Yesterday we headed to Kinder, Louisiana and another casino RV park. This park is a lot fancier than the last. It has about 100 RV spaces and 100 cabin trailers as well as a normal hotel in the casino complex. We have a shuttle bus available 24 hours a day to ferry us to the casino including any of its nine restaurants. We had supper yesterday at the cafe and brunch today at the buffet restaurant. Both were tasty, but I think the buffet in Bay St. Louis was nicer.
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| Chicken and sausage gumbo - a tasty local delicacy |
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| Pool and club house just for the RV park |
Today we did laundry, again. The laundry facilities are in the clubhouse. It is just as nice inside as out, with a lovely lounge with a fireplace, couches, tables and a large TV. There was complimentary coffee and pastries laid out for the tasting. We met several other rving full timers. Wayne was out walking this afternoon and met a man from Mattawa. For those of you not from northern Ontario, Mattawa is just 30 minutes east of North Bay. What a small world.
We have had a good time visiting these casinos. Didn't make out very well with the slots last night, but it was still fun. Tomorrow. we head for Texas. I am not too crazy about going to Houston. Not a fan of large cities and busy highways. Not sure how to avoid this one. Oh well, it should be the last large city on our trip. We're getting closer.
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