Day 152. January 5, 2014. Gulf Coast chillin'

We are spending 4 nights in the national forest near Gulfport, MS.  With George's senior pass, it is only $13 per night.  It is much more "woodsy" than state and commercial parks where we have been recently. We have to kill a few days in this area while the RV shop gets  our Airstream ready. 

I know we can't complain about the cold weather, as compared to the frigid Midwest, but MS is having some record low temperatures, too.  So, we are making several day trips.  We drove west along the Gulf to Bay St. Louis, MS.  Again, we saw hundreds of empty lots where houses had been before Katrina.  We heard that the reason that people haven't rebuilt is that the insurance rates have gone up astronomically.    We had Mahi Mahi sandwiches in a beach shack that had just been rebuilt. 

Back in Gulfport, we found a nano-brewery called Mississippi Brewing Co.   The guy is just starting out.  With heaters, it was nice enough to be outside.

It is also a gumbo shop, so we bought gumbo to eat later in the camper.  Hunkered down in the camper after walking around the campground, chatting with Ontario folks who had fires going.