The Delta

The last day of our trip we took a small plane ride over the delta. It is vast. But you should have seen us "stuffed" into that little plane. We had the pilot, who must be a body builder because his shoulders were very broad. In the co-pilot seat was little, tiny Marsha. She couldn't even see over the instument panel. And us in the back seat. The plane was a float plane and we took off down a channel and circled back to go the 20 miles on down to the Gulf of Mexico.


The pilot said that you couldn't walk on the "land" down there because it is 12 feet tall reeds and swamp.

We were only 1000 feet in the air.

You can see the wing in this shot. See, it's a tiny plane.

There is everyone waiting for us (and four other planes) to land so they can have their turn. That's the channel we floated down to take off.

This one of the planes.

After we all got a ride, we got back on the bus and drove back up the highway to an old plantation for lunch. This is an old church that they have turned into an event room. They cut the church in two pieces and moved it 14 mile down the road to the spot about 5 years ago. The lunch was great, especially the bread pudding.

This is the main house that is now used as a B and B. This is the house that was used as the logo on the Southern Comfort bottle. Your dad told me that the front side was on the label not the back side. This is the back side. Oh well.

This is the overseer's house. It will be rehabbed next. And the slave quarters as well.

This is Buddy, one of the owners "pets." She is 12 feet long.

This is one of Buddy's babies. This one is only four feet long. Last years hatchlings I think.

This one isn't as long as the last one. But Foster, the owner, said that Buddy has about 100 new hatchlings this year. I wander if he plans to put gator on his menu sometime.


We are in Biloxi, Mississippi today. We got here Sunday after we said our goodbyes to our old and new friends. We've been napping and sleeping in late. That was a very busy tour. But we drove the 1500+ miles from start to finish. I'm glad we did even if I had to endure Elvis for two days. We leave here in the morning to head towards Sally's to see the new baby. I can't wait. Pepper will be past he blob stage and developing a personnality. I'll bet she's cute. From there we are going back toward's Bev's and Branson. Then on home by the 23th. See you all then. I'll try to send pictures of Pepper and Sally while we're there.