We didn't want to leave the golf coast without having some good seafood. So last night we went to a recommended restaurant and I had crabcakes and oysters with our salad. It was so good we would have gone again if we were still in town. Sharon is modeling the hat that was thrown from one of the Mardi Gras floats yesterday.
Biloxi got hit very bad in the Katrina hurricane 10 years ago. The motel where we stayed had 25 feet of water. We asked where to walk to see the downtown and we were told that there isn't much downtown because of the storm. Many of the buildings that look older are reproductions because they were destroyed.
We had quite a stash of Mardi Gras beads we gave them away to some guests in the hotel who said they will cycle them by throwing them from a parade float next year.
We kept a few for our bicycle decorations.
Now to tell you about today--we left at 7 AM in 30 degree weather. Temperature was not the problem it was the wind. We stopped after seven hours of battling the wind. The computer shows a weather warning for High winds here. It has 14ph winds now mostly headwinds all day. One wind gust stopped both of us. Our speeds were pretty slow! But we are safe and in a nice Hampton Hotel.
At 4 pm it is now 54° with 16 mph winds.
3 comments:
What a great story with pictures and all. We look forward to your daily postings. Still no winter in Oregon. We just returned from a week of skiing in McCall, ID.
Stay safe,
Betty and Zane
Quiet the hat!! That is also a big hauling of beads too. Nice that they can use them again. The seafood sounds so yummy.I hope you got photos of the hotel too. Being so far removed from the area it is hard to imagine what Katrina did and the impact it still has on the area. Sorry to hear about the wind that has got to be very discouraging both physically and mentally.I bet the legs are burning. 7 hours is a lot of grit and determination. Hope the Hampton has a hot tub! Just think if it was a tailwind where you would be!
It sounds like combat biking...glad you are safe & warm for the moment. My hat is off to ya
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