Start of the Southern Exposure

this is getting frustrating!!!!!  I guess I'll have to start a new blog when I've got time.  But here's what we've done since I lasted posted.

We spent three days in Mississippi during Mardi Gras.  We drove into Biloxi on Fat Tuesday and got caught up in a parade set-up.  So we drove on into Pascagoula to avoid the parade proper.  We wondered around and had lunch etc.figuring we'd miss it all together.  Ha on the way back we drove right beside it.  It was a hoot.  The trash along the road was full of beads and junk.  The poor sanitation had to clean it all up.

We're in Pensacola now.  We went to the commissary and are doing laundry today getting ready to start our tour this afternoon.  We head out for Tallahassee on Tuesday.  Will let you know more later.

Love Mom and Dad

Still no go on photos, so I'll just tell you what we've done.  I really didn't take any pictures anyway.  We're in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.  You wouldn't believe all the Mardi Gras stuff in this part of the world.  It's very big! We are watching a parade on TV as we speak.  (Kinda cool.) The Mardi Gras celebrations started while we were in the Houston area.

We went down to Galveston to see how much had been repaired since the Hurricane.  And we saw ads for their Parades on the weekend.  Glad we missed it. It seems that every little town has a Mardi Gras parade. We were celebrating your dad's birthday.  We drove the whole island's Sea Wall Dr.  It's a nice tourist spot.

From Houston and the noisy RV park (right on the I-10) to Lafayette, Louisiana where we were way out in the country.  Nice and quiet!   From there we went to Avery Island to the Tabasco factory.  Then we went to the Konriko Rice mill.  Of course, in the two days we were there we ate lots of yummy Cajun food. Crawdads are in season now.  We had a good time there .  The people are really friendly.

We got rain last night (boy Howdy) and the Robins are in huge flocks eating bugs etc. in the grass.  It's still 37 degrees and it's 10:20 am.  After awhile we might drive into Biloxi to view the Gulf some more.  It surely is pretty down here.  

Our first week

We're having a bit of trouble with our blog.  We can't get the pictures to up load.  I think the blog program has been changed.  I need to figure it out.  So no photos this week. 

We are in San Antonio until Tuesday morning.  We went to The Alamo today and walked around on the River walk.  This time we took a tour on a river barge.  It was fun. 

I'll try again next week with the pictures.

Love. Mom and Dad