Mississippi Travel Blogs

(spikedelmar) had a birthday on Aug 4th and I looked at his profile photo and thought, I could give him a gift by changing his shot. I downloaded the shot and did a little lighting and color changes and I hope he is happy with the outcome.  Happy Birthday!!   If this is a photo of you …

The plane landed in Memphis, Tennessee and I hopped on a shuttle to take me down to Tunica, Mississippi (about 40 miles south of Memphis). I had a room booked at Harrah's Resort & Casino and having never been there before did not know what to expect. I arrived around midnight and was anxious to…

We stayed at a super nasty but cheap motel (in Bay of St Louis, I think).  I'm hoping this motel was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina because it was disgusting.  I thought about writing a review on it, but I'm not even sure if it is the same hotel.  There were stains everywhere and…

We are "on the road again". Plan to travel the perimeter of the US this time out. Deep South to East Coast, New England states and some of Canada.

One thing about a small town is.... everyone knows your business!! hehe  While at the local grocery, a neighbor said, "I saw the FedEx truck go up your driveway, was it your visa?"  I said I had been on errands all morning and rushed home hoping the FedEx truck was indeed delivering my vi…

We had completed many underways on the ship summer of 2005 getting ready for the next cruise we had to do for our next mission,  Unfortunately Hurricane Katrina happened when we were supposed to be home with our families and we headed down south, picking up many many 'passengers' along th…

Thanksgiving with my father exploring New Orleans post Katrina and the surrounding area.

Since I grew up in Biloxi, Ms. and all my family still live there, I thought I would post some before and after pics of Hurricane Katrina's devastation...Everything I grew up with and loved is now gone, including my childhood home and the homes of much of my family...We had to move away because there's not much left.

At 4:00am I am load my luggage in the car for my sister to take me to the train station.  She was taking me from Summit, MS, to New Orleans.  It is about an hour and a half drive.  I have flown many miles and I am used to arriving early.  But as I found out, I was way early for …

After saying our goodbyes we got in our car a drove for about an hour and decided to stop in Gulfport for the night. Another Best Western. This is a big facility.  Three levels, elevators, even a night club attached to the front.  And when we pulled in at nearly 10p.m. the place was jump…

Since I had been "away" for a while, I decided to spend some time with my family before I disappear on the road again!  My family is a very traditional, religious, southern family.  Even though I am gay and have caused them to reevaluate a lot of things in their life, they have made it cl…

The Gulf Coast of Mississippi suffered massive damage from the impact of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, leaving 236 people dead, 67 missing, and an estimated $125 Billion in damages. A piece of me will always remain in the French Quarter in New Orleans.  From the moment I stepped foot…

By morning, it was still raining. Willia made us waffles and bacon for breakfast and we all ate at the long dinner table under a portrait of her dead great uncle. She told us about the time MTV used her house as a filming location for some show where a bunch of beautiful young people get sequestere…

Adventures in business travel

Graduating in May I headed to the Caribbean, then to Spain and Denmark, then the southern US, then Greece, followed by Turkey and Cyprus, then Greece again, and finally the central US.