Didn’t you just love to spell this one out as a kid?? I sure did. Miss, iss, ippi
Not a huge sign, somewhat subtle I’d say compared to other welcome signs we have seen. We arrived at our RV destination after getting our stairs fixed at an approved Jayco dealer. YUP, third time the charm I guess. First fix, change the circuit board. Second fix, hook up the red wire better by bypassing the connector. Third fix, take another look at the red power wire and instead of doing what #2 did, which I think was splicing?, hard wire it outside the connector. The folks at B&R were wonderful, and the bill was sent directly to Jayco. We have learned to go through them first so we don’t have to pay out of pocket, only downside is you have to wait to get the OK before any work can start. Yesterday we had the time, we don’t always have that luxury. So once the repairs were complete, off we went straight to the gas station, and…………..stairs go out, and don’t go in. SO I call B&R back and tell them someone has to come and look at this (we were only just down the street). While we are there, I get the stairs back working by flipping a switch. Now I am embarrassed, but they are already on their way.
They arrive and start testing the stairs, and they are working perfectly. What was new to Barb & I was that when the stair switch is in the off position, the stairs work by the ignition. IE: Turn off RV, open door and stairs go out and stay out. Turn on RV, stairs go in. We didn’t know the RV had this feature and have been using the wall switch this whole time to get the stairs to either stay out, or go out and in when the door opens and closes. This probably doesn’t make much sense to our readers, but to us it was a revelation and new learnings 8 months in. I think we are good to go now!!
Weather in Mississippi is cool and RAINY! Not sure how much rain they have gotten of late, but there are huge puddles everywhere. Thank God for Winston’s rubber booties and my Vessies!!!
Day 1, being a shitty day, we decided to do our grocery shopping. Went to a local store called Rouses Market. It was like a Fortinos, or any other high end groc. Store. What we liked the most???? We could buy the already cooked ingredients for our own seafood boil. Which we did and then had it for lunch!
We spent the day in Ocean Springs, instead of Biloxi which is known for their casinos. Biloxi it seems is the Reno/Las Vegas of the south. There are 7 casinos here and 4 more being built. So as we are not gambling folk, we hung out in a quaint little city/town just outside our RV Park. Ocean Springs had lots of restaurants, bars and shops to see. We first went to a great BBQ place for lunch. We ordered smoked wings, Buffalo & sweet BBQ, as well as a rack of ribs with collard greens and potato salad. All of it was delish! We took a pic of the food as well as the smoker before we got kicked out of the cooking area……
There are also things down south that are specific to Mardis Gras:
King cakes are in the traditional Mardis Gras colours. They are all filled differently so you can choose what you like the most, apple, cream cheese, cherry etc. The moon pie is also a tradition and is most often seen being thrown off of Mardi Gras floats. I am going to try both as we are headed to New Orleans next!
Some shots of Ocean Springs and my new ride, I wish.
