Category Archives: Islands

Back in Mississippi

We finally made it back home, and what better place to be than out on the boat?! We watched this cloud drain from a distance. It’s hard to complain about coming home, when this is what you come home to. My pelican friends swooped by to say hi!We are enjoying our last few days with this...

My Only Trip to the Islands This Summer

Being out of town all summer means that we haven’t been to the islands! We fixed that the weekend before school started. Our neighbors were heading to Horn, so we met them out there. These boys have been friends most of their lives. We got to hear lots of stories about things that they did...

If You Don’t Live Here…

I sort of feel a tiny bit bad for you. I mean, us gulf coast peeps can go out on the boat in December. I guess, technically, anyone on the water can go out on it in December, but we had on shorts and t-shirts. When the sun came out, I actually broke out in a little...

Mid-Week Fall Boat Ride, Part II

I had to break this up into two posts because while we were out close to the islands, we ran across about ten dolphins. TEN DOLPHINS!!! Scott followed them around for about an hour and let me take pictures. They were just hanging out so we didn’t have to go far. I took over 300...

Mid-Week Fall Boat Ride, Part I

Scott took me for a boat ride last week. We didn’t get far past the Ocean Springs bridge before we spotted some dolphins. I get way too excited over dolphins.There were only a few, but who cares! They are dolphins and they are cool! We headed over toward the Beau Rivage, and I saw my...