We arrived in Biloxi around 3 p.m. and toured the city. It's amazing how far the Biloxi/Gulfport area has come since Katrina hit. The beach road is still in pretty bad shape but they are moving right along with the repaving and reworking the medians. We enjoyed looking at the carvings someone is doing with the dead tree trunks. The beach is still closed as many areas still have piles of debris along the road side. Jefferson Davis' Biloxi home, Beauvoir, is nearly restored. We didn't get a chance to take the tour. I don't think the RV could have gotten through the turn into the parking lot because of the temporary fence but maybe the next time we're in the area we can get around that and the construction vehicles.
We got our free room for two nights at the IP which was on the 20th floor on the east side of the tower. We really enjoyed the free steak and snow crab buffet then we waddled over to the second floor slot machines to try our luck on the penny machines.
