Day 10 - Biloxi

We woke up this morning and headed to City Park to grab some beignets at Morning Call for breakfast. Though we walked by Café du Monde yesterday in the French Quarter, some friends reassured us that the beignets at Morning Call were even better. City Park was gorgeous and with 1300 acres to explore, we could have easily spent all day there. 

Seriously beautiful.

The girls loved being able to powder their own beignets and the service at Morning Call was incredible. Our waiter hooked the girls up with their own Morning Call hats and we enjoyed a slow morning enjoying breakfast in the park. 

A powder pro...you'd never know she was a first-timer!

Powdery deliciousness.

A perfect morning in the park!

As our sugar high kicked in we started to explore the beautiful paths and bridges that wound through the park and under the huge oak trees with all of the Spanish moss blowing in the breeze. We watched the swans swimming on the water, climbed all over in the low branches of the old oaks and played on the playground. 

Romantic setting even with 3 children!

What is it about Spanish moss that makes everything look so beautiful.

The trees welcomed us into their branches.

We then ventured over to the sculpture gardens and enjoyed a cool breeze in the shade listening to the waterfalls. We checked out Storybook land and decided our magical morning should probably come to an end and we should get on the road for Alabama. 

The sculptor garden was awesome.

We loaded up and bid farewell to Louisiana. We grabbed some lunch in the car to speed up the miles today and enjoyed driving on some of the longest bridges we’ve ever seen. Miles and miles over Lake Pontchartrain to the point that for part of the drive we wondered where there would be land again. This blew my mind so I checked it out…turns out, “according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest continuous bridge passing over water. The bridge is so long that for 8 of its 24 miles, you can't see land in any direction.” It was a cool experience in and of itself. 

Lunar Pod...we even got to put our feet in space boots!

We took a quick pit stop just as we crossed over into Mississippi to check out a Lunar Pod at the Infinity Science Center. We were hoping to check out this museum on the trip, but it’s closed on Sundays, so we had to settle for the cool pod outside. Just down the road from the Stennis Space Center (the largest rocket engine test facility in the US) it was an awesome little pit stop to learn a bit about Apollo 15. Then it was back on the road for Biloxi. 

Southern hospitality.

Learning all about the south and the history of Mississippi.

Norah liked learning about Hurricane Katrina.

Once in Biloxi we stopped off to learn a little about the history of Biloxi, the iconic lighthouse there and learn about Hurricane Katrina. The museum here has free audio tours to guide you through the history of Biloxi, cool videos and of course, a view of the light house. We then walked out on the pier to watch them fishing and see the Biloxi shore line from the water. It was another great pit stop, but then it was off to Mobile. 

Lighthouse pier. It was fun to watch them fish and they showed off their catch!

We checked into our hotel in Mobile and went for a quick dip in the pool to try to beat the heat. We were hoping to do a little swamp tour this afternoon, but the heat had us searching for ways to keep cool instead. After a relaxing swim and a little volleyball in the pool, we headed to a cute little Italian restaurant up the road that left us immobile the rest of the night. It was some of the most delicious food and the service was incredible. Southern hospitality is a real treat! We’ve had some big days and some late nights, so we took our full tummies back to the hotel for a little R&R playing games and snuggling up before an early-ish bedtime. 

These girls could live in the water...they just can't get enough swimming.