Another Day on the MS Coast

This morning Dean and I met Emily and Jim for breakfast at the Imperial Palace Casino. Very good breakfast buffet with just about anything you could want. It was nice seeing them again. They just returned from Germany where Jim had extensive back surgery. The type of surgery he had done is not legal here in the U. S. They showed us x-rays after surgery and there are two discs and another item that was placed in his back to straighten it. I forget what it was called. He is now 2" taller than he was and having no back pain, just a little discomfort where the incision is. Hope I got all that right!

After breakfast Dean and I took a ride to Ocean Springs, MS and stopped by the travel agency that I used to work through before I had my own agency. It was really nice seeing Theresa, Mary and Betty again and catching up with all the news. From there we drove along the beach front in Ocean Springs. Ocean Springs is located across the Biloxi Bay. I'm including a few pictures from there.

This is the bridge that used to connect Biloxi and Ocean Springs from the Ocean Springs side.



The same bridge only on the Biloxi side of the bay. Point Cadet Plaza on Biloxi point with more bridge in the background.



What used to be...... might be again, see the sign.



The "Katrina Wall" in Biloxi, as seen on Extreme Makeover Home Edition. The white marble on top of the black portion of the wall is the water line for that area.



This is "Beauvoir" the home of Jefferson Davis - a lot of damage but it is being rebuilt from what is left.



This beachfront home may be salvaged, the next one, probably not.



Sitting about one half a block off highway 90 in West Gulfport looking east - just nothing left!Lastly, a hurricane Camille relic (boat was actually washed ashore at this place and made into a gift shop) makes it through Katrina.



Tomorrow we are heading to Pass Christian. I'm expecting to see even worse scenes, if that is possible.