Another Trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast

We made a trip down to the Gulf Coast together, ostensibly to pick up a loom, but I also wanted Ben to see the damage Katrina left the area where he spent so much time as a young man. We went to see the cabin and it was in surprisingly good shape, but there were a ton of trees down all around the property. This is a photo of my husband ahead of me, trying to find a way through the debris.




If you are interested in all the pictures, then you can check the Katrina page on my website.

We tried to get to some property that my husband owns co-jointly with family in Henderson Point, very close to Annie's restaurant. My husband has very fond memories of Annie's, but it was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. There is a Before and After on the Biloxi Sun Herald website. We both wondered what the property looks like and where exactly it is situated. It was just too close to the washed out bridge to Bay Saint Louis and the road was blocked, so we gave up on the project. Henderson Point was one of the hardest hit areas on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and only a handful of houses remain and there are all sorts of new building regulations that will hamper rebuilding. Apparently, there was another way onto the peninsula, but we gave up long before finding it.

As I mentioned, the reason for the trip was to pick up a LeClerc basic floor loom from a potter and sculptor in Saucier. Checking the LeClerc Loom History page on Camilla Valley Farm, I think it is an "Initiation" model just based on the photographs. Right now, it is still in the back of my station wagon, but it is very basic with a minimum of parts. It is just a guess, since I have never seen it assembled. It was pouring rain when we got back to Jackson, so I left it there when we got home.