November 2-3, 2017
Biloxi Shrimping Trip
We sailed the Mississippi Sound with Mike and David aboard the Sailfish.
Dave’s ready for the three-hour, that is 70 minute, tour.
We left the harbor on a beautiful sunny afternoon.
The net was released. Wood on either side opens the net. A tickle chain at the end of the net stirs up the bottom and makes the shrimp jump.
One of the world’s friendliest crew members offered beverages.
The net is hauled in.
And the catch discussed
Clear jellyfish sting hardly at all, he says whilethe darker jellyfish can give quite a tickle.
Shrimp in the water are eerily transparent.
Beauvoir, The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library
Beauvoir was finished in 1852, built of cypress and heart pine as a summer cottage. Its owner in 1873, Sarah Dorsey, invited Jefferson Davis to visit Beauvoir. He moved into a cottage near the main house and lived and worked on his memoirs. Davis arranged to buy the property in 1879, the same year Dorsey died and bequeathed the property to Davis and his daughter. Davis lived there until his death in 1889.
The grain of this door is painted to look like wood.
Similarly, ceilings were painted to give the appearance of dimension.
When Davis’s daughter died, the home became a home for Confederate veterans. 
Many CSA veterans and their wives are buried on the property.
We liked the way an oak tree grew around this marker.
Back porch
Rear of the house
Beauvoir was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Outbuildings were demolished and the porches were lost. The piano pictured below was found lodged in the top of a tree after the hurricane had passed.
Mary Mahoney’s
We found this 50-year old restaurant to provide exceptional food, service and atmosphere.
This oak in the courtyard is said to be over 2000 years old.
Azaleas
We remember azaleas blooming in late winter and early spring when we lived in Orlando. It was fun to see them in flower in Biloxi in early November.
Leaving Biloxi
This pretty area is on Interstate 65 near Creola, Alabama, where the interstate crosses the Mobile and Tenesaw Rivers
2 Comments
susan · December 16, 2017 at 11:39 am
What did they do with the little fish that came up in the shrimp net. Did they toss them back in the water?
Jane Appel · December 16, 2017 at 10:03 pm
The little fish got tossed–a few of them made it to the water. Many of them made it into the mouths of the flock of seagulls that followed the boat. I was surprised at how small the fish were until I realized we were really still very close to the harbor and shrimping just for demonstration purposes.