Coushatta Casino-Kinder, Louisiana

We brought Tato-Nut donuts to Sandy and Charles as our parting gift before we all departed Davis Bayou.  Sandy and Charles are going to Betty’s in Abbeville and we drove to Red Shoes RV Park here at the casino in Kinder.

It was an uneventful drive except for those stretches of road on I-10 that are still gut-wrenching major bouncy-bouncy.  We got to Kinder about 2 p.m. pulling in right next to the Mossmans, who had just arrived ahead of us.  I’d say that was good timing.  It was so good to see the Mossmans again after three months.

After check-in and setting up we sat outside for happy hour.  It was 75*!!!!!  That’s the warmest I’ve been in months!!!  I had to go inside and take off my long underwear and put on a short sleeved shirt.

After a while we called for the shuttle and went to the casino for a late lunch and a little “ching-ching” recreation.  Well, Jim and I took away what Jim and Linda left behind, so to speak, so it’s all good.

Since Jim and I had unfortunately gotten up at 4 a.m. we made an early night of it, and then ended up getting up at 4:30 a.m. this morning.  It gets to be an unbreakable rut.

But today is the Super Bowl and we are soooo excited!!!  Hopefully tomorrow I’ll have happy news to report for the Colorado Broncos!!!!!  We had thought about going to a sports bar in the casino to watch the game, but drinks are expensive and the one small bar will be crowded early.  We didn’t want to have to get there at noon to secure a seat for the 5:30 p.m. game that will last probably till 9 p.m.  So we’ll go over to the Mossman’s place and watch on their larger TV.  Thinking of putting together an artichoke and spinach dip and then maybe a pot of chili.

Well, here’s hoping I have good news to share with you tomorrow.  So you remember, you are loved.

Last Two Days in Ocean Springs, MS

It has been so cold here that we haven’t been out much.  But Thursday and Friday were nice so we headed out.

We’ve been watching “The Shed” on the Food Network for a while so we wanted to go see the real thing while here.

 

This barbeque place was started a shed on a small piece of property of Brad and Brooke’s mom and dad’s RV park.  It grew in popularity till mom and dad were working for their son and daughter.  The “décor” of the whole place is made up of other people’s “junk”.  In fact there is still a sign that reads “we want your junk”.  Below are photos of the inside.

Inside you sit on picnic tables	You order inside here. There is also a souvenir shop.
We ordered the platter with six meats	Uncovered it looked like this

Unfortunately we weren’t very impressed with the quality of the food.  All six meats tasted pretty much the same IMHO. The meat on the ribs fell off the bone so there wasn’t any biting it off at all.  It was all heavily sauced so hard to distinguish the pork from the beef and everything tasted overcooked – even mushy, sorry to say.

Yesterday we started out by visiting Shearwater Pottery featuring the work of the Anderson family. Very well worth a visit. This pottery has been around since 1928 with family members continuing on till today.

    

Next we went to lunch at BB’s Po’Boy and Seafood as we were missing eating seafood.  This place had great reviews with good reason…it was great!!!  The place was simply decorated, clean, neat and elegant.  We liked.

      

The crawfish bisque was creamy and flavorful	Jim’s gumbo had a depth of flavor.
Seafood Muffeletta with shrimp, oysters and crawfish, so good	Sandy’s New Orleans Muffeletta was warm and very delicious

You’ll know me…not shy…so when I saw the huge shrimp po’boy delivered to a nearby table, I had to go over and ask if I could take a picture.

One wall is decorated with famous customers including Oprah

      

while the other wall was dedicated to photos of the Saints football team (check out the shiny wood ceiling)

Next was a drive around town seeing the beach area with a nice view of the bridge over to Biloxi and the marina with the shrimp boats.

      

We saw the local mortuary (Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Home) and drove down Washington Street and looked at a few of the stores.

    

While Sandy and I walked around Jim and Charles did their favorite pastime while we shop.

One last thing I wanted to do before we left today was to taste gelato, so we took a break and headed to French Kiss Pastries again

Sandy and Jim shared a mini German Chocolate Cake while I had a scoop of caramel and one of pistachio.

       

Got home for a little rest before taking our cocktails with us to the campground’s boat launch to see one final sunset.

We’ve enjoyed our two weeks her in Ocean Springs, MS, and will return in the future.  Davis Bayou Campground is a nice place to stay, inexpensive and centrally located.

Today we are off to Kinder, Louisiana, to meet up with The Mossmans for a little slot machine activity at Coushatta Casino and their Red Shoes RV Park.  See you there.

Remember, you are loved.