I seem to have lost my groove but warm weather is bringing it back.

I've been a bit "out of it" since arriving in Biloxi. Jim has been about sick with a terrible cough
and cold--and neither of us sleeping very well so now that the warm weather has arrived,
hopefully we will get "our groove" back!
The people in this campground are scurrying about like a herd of ants--riding bikes, walking their
dogs, sunning and embracing the beautiful sunshine!
I'm making plans for the new week. We have a new Gulf Coast magazine with all of the
eating places in the area listed, so can hardly wait to try some of those. There is a Ohr-O'Keefe Museum which we plan to check out this week. I didn't realize it, but construction on the Museum
just barely begun when Katrina hit. I thought it was brand new when we
were here in December. The damage had to be repaired before construction could continue
but it is all finished now.
We drove over to Bay St. Louis yesterday. I have mentioned this before--the old town of Bay St. Louis suffered much damage during the hurricane and in fact the bridge that connected Bay St. Louis to the rest of the area, was completely destroyed and it took several years before
it could be rebuilt as it is a huge bridge. We noticed they are building a new seawall now--I'm sure they are hoping that if another hurricane comes through, the seawall may protect
some of the properties. There had always been neat shops and restaurants there--with
all of them being destroyed by Katrina.
If you have never been to this part of the Gulf Coast, I hope you can work it into your
schedule sometime. The white sand beaches are beautiful. We have noticed there is
still work going on picking up tar balls from the BP oil spill. The TV stations seem to infer
that there is constant bickering between BP and the locals and we got the feeling that BP
thinks the communities are trying to keep the clean-up crews working just in case there is more damage to the sand than is visible now. We were shocked that according to TV, 65% of
claims caused by the oil spill HAVE NOT BEEN paid!