Eta finally decided to make a hard turn to the NE then back through central Florida near Cedar Key. Now that Eta is behind us we can redirect our focus on how we will get to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas where we plan to spend winter 2020. While we aren’t big fans of wintering in south Texas we decided to do so since it is half the cost of wintering in Florida or Arizona and since we will mostly be staying home due to the pandemic worsening we just figured we might as well pay less to do less!
Leaving Alabama we drove another 146 miles west over to a new park for us near Gautier, MS called Santa Maria RV Resort. We chose it because it is close to the Mississippi coast and it had great reviews. Once we arrived we were pretty underwhelmed and were not sure why people rated this park so high. It is basically a gravel parking lot with hook ups.
We decided to make the best of the situation and once we settled in, we took a walk around the park. It has two sections one near the entrance and another section in the back overlooking a pond with what looks like mostly permanent residents. We found out later that many were transient oil field workers.
The next day we drove over to the Sandhill Crane Wildlife Refuge to walk the loop trail which we knew was a pleasant hike. We saw lots of wildflowers in bloom even now in November. While we didn’t see any Sandhill Cranes on the refuge we did see a small flock flying toward it after we left.
Another day we drove Over to Biloxi MS to walk along the beach. The sea was as calm as we have ever seen it. The walk was nice with a few shells and shorebirds to perk our interest. Lot of trees were down in this area too but not as many as we saw at our previous stop.
For lunch we drove over to Bozo’s Seafood in Gautier MS. I read great reviews and even though it took a long time to get our shrimp po’boy (to go) it was indeed worth the wait. It was really, really good and stuffed with decent sized shrimp….a real road treat!
Before leaving we drove over to Chandeleur Islands Brewery in Gulfport MS and enjoyed a couple a pretty good brews even though we felt them to be way over priced. With the end of our stay in Mississippi I need to do some serious planning soon to map out our way down to South Texas to arrive by December 1st…
NOTE: We are currently in Duson, Louisiana for two nights before heading onward towards Texas…
Our favorite place to eat in that area of Mississippi is The Shed. If it's still open. Love the place.
ReplyDeleteOne of the great things about this lifestyle is finding all these little road treats on the road...
DeleteLooks like a great rate for that park in MS. Good plan to stay in Texas.
ReplyDeleteFrankly, I would have liked to stay in Texas as well, especially as it's closer to Missouri where we have to be in late April. But the wife has veto powers.
Should I expect any rust problems with a two month stay on the Gulf and then tracking over to north Florida? We are not camping on the beach but maybe a mile from it.
You shouldn't have any real issues with rust that far off the coast... an occasional fresh water rinse never hurts though.
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