Posted on 01/12/2008 6:08:26 PM PST by kimmie7
I rarely post articles much less vanities, but we're planning a trip to my mother's other home in Vicksburg, MS, in March. Hubby was thinking maybe we'd drive down to Gulfport or Biloxi for a day or two.
My questions are these:
I know the area was devastated during hurricaine Katrina, are things back to normal? Semi-normal?
What is there to do there? Besides casinos. We'll have our 8 year old son with us.
Any recommendations? I can look online at places like Virtual Tourist, but it's hard to know how to plan when there is a chance the restaurant that looks fantastic may no longer exist.
Any assistance you could offer will be welcome.
Yes, the casinos are pretty much all up and running and the area is recovering pretty well.
The casinos are pretty much about it for things to do this time of year. The beaches there are pretty nice but that won’t really do you much good now. Kinda cold.
As far as I know,the Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula area is up and running just fine. They went through much worse than Katrina back in 1969 with Hurricane Camille and they bounced right back.
I’m just outside of New Orleans and have only been to Gulfport a couple of times since Katrina, but there is a great children’s museum there and it has reopened. It is called Lynn Meadows Discovery Center and the website is www.lmdc.org.
Toby someone is asking what the gulf coast is like now post Katrina.
I was there over the summer and the beaches were still closed. Not much to do there other than the casinos. The west bridge across Bay St Louis was open, the one to the east across Biloxi Bay was due to open in November, I assume it is now open as well.
I agree with capt. norm, Vicksburg is a great little town from a historical perspective. Natchez (just down Hwy. 61 from V'burg) is also good for tours. Hope you have a great time!
So true about Vicksburg...my stepdad was the contractor on the Civil War park. My stepbrother and his wife own a newspaper in Tunica. Nice place. I can’t wait to go back!
None of us have been on the MS coast, though, and thought we’d take a turn at it.
I like walking on a cold beach. It’s so very.....poetic. LOL
I don’t know the area,but I’m reading this as a grandmother.
Why don’t you let Grandma have some time with your son,who is a great age,and you and your husband do some “grown-up” things for a day or so.
I love having one grandchild at a time.
That said,enjoy your trip !
Oh my goodness, my son will LOVE that! And the price is so reasonable! Thanks, we’ll definitely go there.
We’ve done Natchez. LOVED it....but I love the Windsor ruins the best. So hauntingly beautiful. I’d love to have time to go there with my camera and sketchbook.
That’s so sweet of you!
Grandma would love that, but I want the kiddo to go to the coast with us as he’s never seen the ocean.
Things are semi-normal and the casinos will be most happy to take your money.
As someone who has never lived more than 1/2 hour from the ocean for my entire life I don’t blame you.
My grandchildren love visiting the mountains.
Go figure !
Just happened to drive the coast highway (US90) from Pascagoula to Gulfport this afternoon, my first time to do so since Katrina. This area is cleaned up well but many homes and businesses are simply gone - lots of bare slab foundations and for sale signs on the lots. The casinos have returned. Don’t know about fun things to do for an 8-yr old boy. The beaches are beautiful. The people here are VERY resilient and as friendly as always. Hotels and restaurants closer to I-10 are pretty much back to normal. Enjoy your visit!
I just noticed your tagline. If it helps any ... just do what I did ... get up that morning and start celebrating your eleventh annual twenty-ninth birthday. It gets to be more fun every year. Life really begins at 40!
What is there to do besides Casinos? NOTHING!!! You can’t even swim in the Gulf waters of Biloxi; too toxic. That’s the way it was pre-Rita. I doubt it’s changed.
Nope, the casinos, that’s it. And who in the heck wants to spend a vacation losing the money they need to get back home?
“Natchez (just down Hwy. 61 from V’burg) is also good for tours.”
Natchez is my hometown and I highly recommend it. I lived in Vicksburg for a number of years and it pales in comparison to Natchez. You will be there during Pilgrimage and there is lots going on. I recommend taking the Natchez Trace. Quite the scenic federal parkway. Speed limit is 50, though.
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