New parts for Ms.Southwind & A afternoon at the Beach!

We got up and did our morning routine and then we got dressed and picked up Ken (neighbor from MS) we went into Gulfport and went to the Napa store. He needed some type of air fitting for his motor home and we got a modulure, rotary cap and other stuff, $90.00 worth of parts.

Ken said he was having the same problems we described with his and he thought it was gas too, but he finally took it to a mechinic and it was these things. We got back and within an hour hubby had all the new parts on. He was disappointed as the old parts still look new and he isn't sure it fixed our problem. Time will only tell. We kept the old parts just in case.

Around noon we got things together and headed toward the beach. We arrived at the beach but we also ran into rain. We sat in the car and waited for the rain to stop. The rain finally stopped and we got to enjoy walking around the beach.


I'm not sure what type of birds these are. Does anyone know?

A gentleman walked over to tell us that we are not allowed to disturb the birds here. That the police watch for people who do.

Apparently these birds are migrants and come here for the winter. He said they were professional beggers as they would fly right up to you if you had food to feed them.

Here is a picture of the nice gentleman, i forgot what he said his name was. I'm horrible with names. He was telling what all used to be in the area and where. It was very interesting to talk to and we learned alot about the area. He said that he lost his home to Katrina and now he lives in his semi. He is an OTR trucker. He was home for the holiday and spending time at the beach.

As you can see in this picture, there is still damaged building from Katrina, yet new buildings are starting to go up.

I wasn't the only one enjoying the beach. This bird was in the water and kept walking back in forth in front of me. I just knew he was wanting me to take some pictures of him. So I did!




Mississippi, has white sand on their beaches. It's just as you can see there is lots of trash that washes ashore.



Headed back the way came and pulled into an area where there is a pier and people were fishing, stopped and walked down the pier and talked to some more very friendly people from the area. They invited me to come back anytime and the gentleman's names were Timmy & JR. It's amazing how friendly people here are. Even at the local wal-mart people were so friendly to us.

Ken Combs Pier is the last pier we stopped at and it was exciting. There was a crane that was catching fish and playing around on the rocks across from the Pier. I think he enjoyed posing for me. Of course i just had to oblige him and take some pictures!

It was starting to get dark and could see another rain coming so headed back to Gulfport and stopped and did a couple loads of laundry. It was dark when got back home and have neighbors all around! Stopped at Wendy's on way home and got a couple $1.00 sandwiches, fries & a drink.

Have really feel in love with the south. It's such a laid back & friendly place. It's amazing that it's the end of December and flowers are still in bloom! Back where I come from, everything this is dead from being frozen!

Paid up time was up so i had to pay again. Been paying for 2 days at a time so are staying tonight & Sunday night for sure. Maybe even longer. Not ready to leave here yet. It's really a great place here and I just love the beach and would be happy spending time here again.