Spring Break

We learned that Spring Break on the Mississippi Gulf Coast occurs much later than it does in Florida. Apparently, Spring Break here occurs the first week of April, whereas in Florida, the scenes of young adults all over the beaches occurred in mid-March. As I strolled along the beach this morning, I saw two conflicting scenes. First, the city was out with massive equipment grooming the beach, as if getting ready for the weekend. We also saw city workers removing all trash cans from the beach and grouping them up on the sidewalk, ready to be collected.

We don’t know for sure, but we think that the city of Biloxi might try to actually close the beaches this weekend. As we passed the various stacks of trash cans awaiting pickup, we also spotted the bundles of barriers that we are sure are going to be put out this weekend to prevent parking in the normal beach parking areas all along the Gulf. We expect to see the barriers deployed soon.

Our RV Park has told us that they expect that the beach will be closed. They also believe that since the beach parking appears it will be barriered, that the Biloxi police department will also close all the roads off of Beach Boulevard to keep anyone from parking in the neighborhoods and just walking to the beach. So, it is likely our only access to get to Colectiva II should we need to go out will be closed and monitored by police. Hopefully our pass will allow us to get to our coach and pooch!

Despite all the doom and gloom, the birds along the Gulf Coast don’t seem to have any idea that us humans feel under siege. Every morning we wake up to the otherwise soothing sounds of chirping birds of many breeds. While looking at all the likely dismal preparation for the weekend, this Tern didn’t seem to have any interest at all.

Talk to you soon.