Thursday, November 17, 2016
Dauphin Island was a good overnight stop. It provided a nice break for us. Here we also met Michelle and her husband (actually Wilson met the husband but I only met Michelle), who are on a similar journey and are from New Hampshire. They will be at the St. Bernard State Park at the same time that we are and they have invited us to head over to Grand Isle State Park after that. We have no plans between St. Bernard & our next pet/house sitting gig in TX, so we will probably head there...Michelle was really nice, she's from New England, and there's a Grand Isle in VT, so once again, it seems to be a sign for us.
We left Dauphin Island after a pleasant cup of coffee and a stroll through the Audubon Bird Sanctuary, which was adjacent to the campground. There we met some nice folks from IL. We are beginning to meet more and more people who are doing what we are doing and they appear more engaging. I'm not sure if there is more engagement because of them or because of me, perhaps a little of both.
As we are drove along we saw several things that were interesting, among the most notable was a man rolling a cross along the shoulder of the road. The cross was at least 10 feet long and was on wheels. Shortly before that we saw a man in the middle of the road who seemed a bit off, we speculated he was also sharing "the word" and imagined a bit of a face-off when they met...Have we been on the road too long? We also saw a couple of signs that MS has placed on their roadside that caused us to question what they meant - Mississippi Gulf Coast A Certified Retirement Region and Welcome to Mississippi - Birthplace of America's Music. I looked online for explanations of both those signs...appears there is some contention from Louisiana regarding birthplace of the blues...as for the retirement sign, seems there are a lot of retirement communities and that the state worked with the Dept. of Transportation to acknowledge...
Great music playing based on our travels - Paul Simon's Graceland (Mississippi Delta shining like a National guitar..) and That Was Your Mother (Standing on the corner in Lafayette, state of Louisiana...Catching a little of those Cajun girls dancing the Zydeco...). We also listened to some blues as we entered New Orleans; Keb'Mo, BB King, & yes WC Handy. A special thanks to Joe for giving us his old I-Pod, which has an eclectic array of music.
Leave Dauphin Island - 10:23 am
Rte. - 193N►188W►90W►607N►I10
Gas - Clark's Shell (90W), Bay Saint Louis, MS - $1.85/gal
Arrive New Orleans (actually Marrero, LA) 2:35 pm
Miles Travelled - 165.4
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