The Gulf Coast in Pass Christian Mississippi

WOW, sure nice to have blue skies and warm sunny days.  We haven't seen that in weeks. Warm here right now is in the mid 60's but it is sure shorts and flip flop weather to us. Glad that we came here a day early.  It is also an RPI park so it is really cheap for us to stay.  Also, since it is warm Ken was able to remove a wall in our bedroom and find the water leak.  Oh my, the hot water line had just wiggled loose.  So happy it wasn't another huge issue.  AND, no cost to fix ! ! !  We could finally wash all our towels and really dry out the flooring and carpeting.  

The locals told us about Steve's Marina, a great place to have lunch.  Fried green tomatoes are crunchy and topped with crab and hollindaise.  Yummy. Then we ordered seafood nachos.  So great as we also shared a topical drink.

Steve's was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina and was just rebuilt about three years ago.

The gulf, at least here, is very different than we expected.  Lots of "ponds" and no waves.  Not exactly inviting to go into.  Was hoping to snorkel..

This day was lunch at the Shaggy (huuummm, can't remember the name!!  

Another place that shows evidence of the damage of Katrina.  Saw quite a few columns for piers that no longer exist.  

And then these palm trees on the beach.  They are all that is left of something from the past.  We notice that there are very few palm trees here, mostly live oak without the Spanish Moss and pine trees.  The pines really surprised us.  










Houses here appear to be either regular houses or gigantic houses and lots of land but rather close to each other.

Finally looks like we may get our check from the warranty insurance company, even though it is minus $7,000.  Gotta figure out how to deal with that.  We were able to send them the rest of the documentation that they need before issuing a check.  They cannot direct deposit but say that they will send the check to our next reservation. Don't trust them yet, so will wait to see how it all plays out.  We only have 18 days left to repay Ken's retirement without penalty of the extra earned income.