Mississippi

Today's show was in Mississippi.  This is an incredibly beautiful area!

First, though, the answer to a riddle from yesterday.  We arrived here in the evening after the Alabama show, with time to look around, and upon seeing the name of the town we were in, we knew we had to find a certain spot and take a certain photo.  This was the shot from yesterday's blog:

This is a reference to a song by Ray Stevens called "The Misissippi Squirrel Revival".  It's about a squirrel going berserk in a church in Pascagoula.  If you've never heard it, you need to look it up- Ray Stevens is great and this is one of his best songs.

So, here we are in Southern Mississippi, right on the ocean.  This really has to be one of the most beautiful areas I've seen concerning the outdoors.  There is literally everything here.  You've got a zillion palm trees, as you'd expect along the ocean, but also a ton of pines and northern looking trees.  We've been to a lot of areas now and most of the time, the landscape will lean heavily one way or the other.  Here, there's a heavy dose of everything.

We headed to Biloxi for today's show.  It was another outdoor venue.  This is an interesting town- Biloxi is known for its big hotels and casinos (not my thing but that's what they're known for), so I was expecting almost a mini Las Vegas.  Well, there are a few hotels that would fit perfectly in Vegas, but only a few.  They're spaced really far apart and the town is otherwise fairly empty.  In Las Vegas, you can walk the strip and there's stuff followed by more stuff.  Here, it's an interesting combination of a nice beach with a few random mammoth hotels, but really not much else.  So, having a while before the show, we found another great beach.

Eli loves the water!
Here are Mermaid Lydia and Crab Silas:

We also saw some interesting animals, like these seagulls with black heads:

As well as this frog that Paula found.  It seemed a little closer to the ocean than we thought would be appropriate for an animal who can't tolerate saltwater:

So, it was time for the show.  Here in Biloxi there really isn't much going on for the whole family.  In fact, at the Hard Rock hotel, they don't even accept hotel reservations for any guest under 21.  So, it was nice to bring a show that everyone could enjoy!  We were on an outdoor stage here which was a bit nerve-wracking, as there was a serious thunderstorm earlier today (we don't need any more wet props)!  Fortunately, these seem to be "ocean storms", which don't last very long.  The weather ended up being just right for the actual show.  The crowd had fun, and just as we were packing up, the clouds started looking ugly again- talk about perfect timing!

So, that's officially 37 shows down, with 13 more to go!  It's wild to think that in just these next few remaining days, we're going to see ocean, prairie land, corn fields, desert, mountains, and everything else!  Tomorrow is Louisiana.  If you haven't seen our road show yet, you can watch a live stream of tonight's show at 6 P.M. by going here:

http://www.mylakeshore.net/new-page-3/

Hope to see everyone at a show soon as we head West again (if you can only make it to one, I'd recommend Hawaii)!