October 19-21
Arriving Biloxi the sun is out, it's 70 degrees and the flip flops are back on! We're going to head to the beach as soon as we get some housework done....some of which is not your usual tidying up!
Driving to the beach, we take a little side trip to see what are known as The Tree Sculptures. These trees were left dead in the wake of Katrina and have been transformed by various artists into sculptures, that to me seem to signify a degree of hope and rebirth.
The beach is deserted of people, but throngs of birds line the sands in a rather Hitchcockian manner. At first it kind of freaks me out, but then we learn to respect each other's territory and we're okay. The beach is narrow but hard-packed at the waterline and is great for a nice long 
walk. When the birds take off, it is truly a spectacle.
Spent the evening at the Beau Rivage Casino, an MGM facility, beaurivage.com and quickly lose quite enough on the slots. But the good news is that drinks here are complimentary...haven't seen that in years! Figure we can deduct about $20 from our losses!
Take a break and pop into Jia, an Asian restaurant (and the only nice restaurant open this particular evening). We opt to graze on appetizers, having a terrific chicken/noodle mixture that is to be wrapped in lettuce and some good pot stickers. This is a very attractive and staff attentive place. One thing we thought odd...all the prices end in 88 cents! We asked the hostess and she told us that it is a good luck number in China. Probably should have gone directly out and played it on the roulette wheel! Instead go back to the slots and I have a bit of a come back to bring our losses within reason!
Driving around Biloxi the next day we begin to understand the devastation that has occured through both Hurricane Camille and Katrina. This is a pretty down and out town, seemingly solely surviving on the revenue produced from about a dozen casinos.
We stumble on a piece of land that is still wreckage strewn, but what looks like it was a dock for cruise ships. We ask a gentleman who's fishing what was there and he tells us the President Broadmoor Casino. There is nothing left.
Find Quality Poultry and Seafood, a funky looky warehouse with a retail storefront on Division Street. Lots of shrimp and fish for sale, but kind of shrimped out at this point. See a whole totally deboned chicken stuffed with crawfish etoufee....have never heard of such a thing and must try. It will have to be for another day because it's in their freezer case, but look forward to it down the road.
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