Davis Bayou, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Ocean Springs, MS
After contemplation time, we ate a nice omelette for breakfast and proceeded to ready the camper for moving to another site here at Davis Bayou. It was musical chairs; the folks in the site we had reserved were moving to another site which had not yet been vacated. Soon enough, we all got sites (before the music stopped). Now we are in a cul-de-sac where there is a fraction of the traffic and we have a 20 yard trail down to the bayou behind us. Hope the gators don’t come up!
After lunch, we rode our bikes to the visitor’s center where we watched a great video on the Gulf Islands National Seashore that included Walter Anderson’s fascination with Horn Island. The center had an abundance of information about barrier islands and the flora and fauna of these particular ones.
On the way home, we stopped to see our alligator friend; he just laid there sleeping. Then we stopped at the boat launch, but not much was happening there either. But, the wind was picking up off of the water making us feel cold. So, we headed home for warmer clothes and a nap. We decided to go back to the boat launch to watch a 6:07PM fly over of the ISS, then Penny would put together dinner while I got a fire started. This is only the second time we have had a fire on this year’s trip!
We listened to the Gonzaga Bulldogs win their 27th in a row and hunkered down for the night. Penny read and wrote for awhile, but she is sleeping now at 11:45PM. Time for me to get to sleep as well. I’ll go to bed thankful for being gifted with such a wonderful life with such a wonderful partner! Hallelujah!