Yesterday we left New Orleans and meandered our way across the narrowest part of Mississippi and ended up in Alabama.
We drove along the coast mostly. We didn't always see it because of the trees and the low country, but we saw a lot of interesting things.
For miles and miles, every house was up on stilts.
The houses in Bywater and the 9th ward in New Orleans were up on cinder blocks, about 3-4 feet off the ground. These were much higher.
This was a rest stop in Mississippi. I have no words.
In Mississippi we got to the coast and the road went right along the beach.
I didn't take pictures of the houses on the other side of the street, but they were enormous and up on even higher stilts and all pretty new because I think those communities were wiped out by Hurricane Katrina.
We got to Mobile and I really like it so far. We took a walk in the dusky light and it was lovely.
That's our hotel, looking like the moon is its lollipop. We sat in the square outside a cathedral and listened to the bells and I told Adam I didn't want to go home. (We had talked to Mark and it continues to snow.)
Here's the view last night from our room on the 27th floor.
Today we're going to go see what there is to see.
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