It rained in Houston today, so since I was walking around wet, why not get up close and personal with the Waterwall? If you stand too close, in awe of the falling sheets of water like me, you will walk away with splash soaked jeans and shoes. I warned you…
Here are some parting shots from the Hard Rock. I really like the quote from Alex Van Halen.
“Fall Seven Times
Get Up Eight”
I left Biloxi today and approximately 422 miles later, arrived in Houston. That was a lot of driving!
Here are some sights from my quick walk around the French Quarter in downtown New Orleans this evening.
One day I will learn how to take photos of sharks…
“Love All – Serve All”. I have admired this concept since I first walked into a Hard Rock and saw it written on the wall. 🙂
If you get up early enough, you can tour the Biloxi Lighthouse. Since I am a night person, I may never enter the cast iron structure, climb the 57 steps, pull myself up the 8-rung ladder, squeeze myself through the 19-by-23 inch trap door, and enjoy the view from the light room at the top. Oh well, after all… tomorrow is another day!
When you travel to Biloxi, you have to defeat the allure of the casinos and get out onto the beaches and piers.
The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Biloxi is a crazy place. The rooms are not very expensive this time of year – if you don’t lose too much money in the casino. As you may be able to tell from the photos, the rooms are super nice with windows overlooking either the city of Biloxi or the Gulf of Mexico. I could spend hours in the walk through two headed shower. Maybe I will break out my Kindle with the waterproof cover and read for a while in the shower. 🙂
The interior of the Big House at the Destrehan Plantation is full of history, art, and original pieces from the plantation days – including a 1,400 pound marble bathtub that was a gift to the family.
Today while traveling further East, I stuck with the Plantation theme and visited Destrehan Plantation. This plantation had one of the best tours for history buffs, and it included a priceless document signed by Thomas Jefferson in 1804. The tour focused on each of the owners of the property, and gave an explanation of the good times and difficult times in their lives. Yes, even the very wealthy can have trying circumstances while running a plantation in Louisiana.
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