Four hours.
That’s all we had in New Orleans. Just over an hour from Bay St. Louis, so we made an afternoon of it.
Four Hours in New Orleans
Buccaneer State Park — Gulf of Mexico
Just south of Bay St. Louis, MS, hugging the edge of the Gulf of Mexico, is Buccaneer State Park in Waveland.
We went in the afternoon. And the light made the difference.
A Lunch Stop That Became a Highlight: Mobile, Alabama
We weren’t planning to fall for Mobile.
It was supposed to be a lunch stop, a place to break up the drive from Gulf Shores,AL to Bay St. Louis, MS. But the ferry from Fort Morgan to Dauphin Island was down for maintenance, so we had to drive through Mobile anyway.
Fort Morgan, History at the Tip of Mobile Point
Right at the tip of a long, narrow peninsula — where Mobile Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico — sits Fort Morgan.
It’s been there since 1833.
Gulf Shores — Wildlife, Bikes, and a Beachful of Shells
Gulf Shores surprised us.
In the best possible way.