We have been at Shepard State Park in Gautier (go-shay), Mississippi for a few days and will be leaving for Louisiana tomorrow. We stayed at the Lamotte Bayou Campground which is part of Shepard State Park. While we were here it rained a lot so we haven't gotten out too much but we did go to Biloxi on Tuesday (Fat Tuesday) and saw some of the Mardi Gras festivities.
Our Route From Alabama to Mississippi
The entrance to the state park is an interesting elevated log building - the building is the welcome center and camp store but it was being renovated due to hurricane damage so it was not open
Entrance to the campground
Our campsite among the palmettos
One of the many casinos in Biloxi - this guitar was enormous and surprisingly detailed - pic was taken from a moving vehicle so its a little blurry
Part of the huge crowd for Fat Tuesday
Another casino - more of the crowd
Biloxi Light House - built in 1848 - had water 1/3 the way up during Katrina but it survived!
We even found Margaritaville
Lots of interestingly named establishments along the coast
We walked the somewhat famous Biloxi Bay Bridge which is about 1.5 miles long so about a 3 mile walk out and back. The bridge was heavily damaged by Katrina in 2005 and was redesigned and rebuilt - it reopened in 2008 - Golden Nugget Casino in the background (Darby's head in forground)
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