Thanks to Jean’s navigating ability and investigative skills, the trip to Biloxi, Mississippi and back was punctuated with numerous side trips, ranging from the historically mundane (speak for yourself, Dan) to the death defyingly harrowing (speaking for both of us). A round trip that is calculated by MapQuest to be just under 2,000 miles, took us 2,450 miles and two weeks to complete. The 450-mile difference represented the distance added by using state highways, county roads, and an occasional dirt path; and the inclusion of several side trips. Only 4 miles were logged on Interstate Highways.
Places visited on the trip to Biloxi, Mississippi included in South Carolina, the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia; in Georgia, FDR’s Little White House and therapeutic baths in Warm Springs, Callaway Gardens and Wild Animal Safari Park; and in Alabama, Trails of the Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores, and Fort Gains, at the mouth of Mobile Bay.
Figure 5: Jean entering Riverbanks Zoo, Columbia, South Carolina. (March 21, 2004)
Figure 6: “Friendly” Alligator in Riverbanks Zoo, Columbia, South Carolina. (March 21, 2004)
Figure 7: At the Aquarium at Riverbanks Zoo, Columbia, South Carolina. (March 21, 2004)
Figure 8: Hotel Warm Springs, Warm Springs, Georgia. (March 22, 2004)
Figure 9: FDR’s “Little White House”, Warm Springs, Georgia. (March 22, 2004)
Figure 10: Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia. (March 23, 2004)
- Figure 11: Hungry friend in Wild Animal Safari Park, Pine Mountain, Georgia.
- Fortunately, the park provided the car. (March 23, 2004)
- Figure 12: “Ladies First” following Jean on the Trails of Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores,
- Alabama. What alligators?? (March 25, 2004)
Figure 13: Gulf of Mexico, Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores, Alabama. (March 25, 2004)
- Figure 14: Approaching Fort Gains on the Ferry crossing Mobile Bay,
- Alabama. (March 25, 2004)
Figure 15: Fort Gains at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama. (March 25, 2004)
Figure 16: Taking a “break” at Fort Gains, Dauphin Island, Alabama. (March 25, 2004)