#biloxilighthouse

Destination:Tucson

The Biloxi Lighthouse is hard to miss. It is literally in the middle of the road. It is a rather small light, and hard to get to without dodging traffic. But the welcome center is right off the road from it, and there is a historic beach on the other side. The welcome center has a nice gift shop if you need tchotchkes, and there is a historic FRENCH Colonial gravesite on the grounds, the Moran Site, with a pretty little garden, and archaeological information if you are interested. Biloxi Beach (across the street), was the location of several civil-rights era wade-ins to protest the beach segregation in Biloxi, and in the South. Also on the grounds of the welcome center, is a sign commemorating Hurricane Camille and Hurricane Katrina, two of the deadliest and most damaging hurricanes in our history. Next to the sign, is a pole, showing the high water marks from both storms. Having been thru so many hurricanes myself, I found it powerfully moving. Driving the Gulf Coast, you see how the storms have shaped the environment, the architecture and the people......

Biloxi Lighthouse, with welcome center in the background....

Biloxi Beach, site of historic civil rights era wade-ins, protesting beach segregation....

Roadside America, literally.....

Historic FRENCH Colonial cemetery ....

High water marks of Hurricanes Camille and Katrina, on the pole to the right of signs...