{"id":3057,"date":"2021-12-31T14:17:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T19:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?p=3057"},"modified":"2021-12-31T14:17:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T19:17:25","slug":"the-mississippi-sound-to-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?p=3057","title":{"rendered":"The Mississippi Sound to Mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">NOLA was supposed to be our last &#8220;tourist destination&#8221; before heading to Mobile for the mast stepping appointment.  Well, turns out it was not; we forgot to inform the weather gods of our plans&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It started out with a benign anchorage at Cat Island, the first of many barrier islands we will visit on the Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6485-1024x781.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6485-1024x781.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6485-300x229.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6485-768x586.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6485.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day 2 <em>should have <\/em>brought us to Dauphine Island&#8230;  instead, we wound up in&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6495-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6495-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6495-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6495-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6495.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230; where we would spend 2 days exploring the neighborhood.  And eating ice cream for dessert each night.  Our marina was next to the Golden Nugget Casino and who knew that casinos had more goodies than just the slot machines (those were annoying; the ice cream was delicious)!\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6497-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6497-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6497-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6497-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6497.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6498-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3061\" class=\"wp-image-3061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6498-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6498-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6498.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6500-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3062\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6500.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?attachment_id=3062\" class=\"wp-image-3062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6500-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6500-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6500.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Hurricane Katrina Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6527-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6527-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6527-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6527-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6527.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Ohr-O&#8217;Keefe Museum of Art.  Also a perfect picture of why we are in Biloxi&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6506-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6506-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6506-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6506-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6506.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">This is one of the current exhibits: a radio station which broadcasts the weather&#8230; as sounds.  It was weird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6508-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3082\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6508-1.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?attachment_id=3082\" class=\"wp-image-3082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6508-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6508-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6508-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6508-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6510-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3066\" data-link=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?attachment_id=3066\" class=\"wp-image-3066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6510-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6510-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6510-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6510-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Hee Joo Yang&#8217;s &#8216;The Caves&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6511-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6511-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6511-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6511-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6511.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Bradley Sabin&#8217;s &#8216;Botanica&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6517-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6517-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6517-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6517.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Can&#8217;t credit the artist but I liked the colors and the scale&#8230;\ud83d\ude43<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6522-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3072\" data-link=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?attachment_id=3072\" class=\"wp-image-3072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6522-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6522-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6522-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6522-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6524-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3074\" data-link=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?attachment_id=3074\" class=\"wp-image-3074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6524-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6524-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6524-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6524.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6523-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3073\" data-link=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?attachment_id=3073\" class=\"wp-image-3073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6523-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6523-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6523-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6523.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6518-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6518-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6518-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6518-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6518-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6526-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6526-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6526-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6526-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6526-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Carlos Est\u00e9vez&#8217; &#8216;Palimpsest\/Rewritings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we were running a day behind for the mast stepping, we decided to try and make at least half the distance to Mobile.  Definitely NOT one of our better traveling days&#8230;  every cracker on board was reduced to crumbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6531-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3077\" class=\"wp-image-3077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6531-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6531-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6531-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6531.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6541-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3078\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6541.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?attachment_id=3078\" class=\"wp-image-3078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6541-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6541-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6541-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/svaurora.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_6541.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOLA was supposed to be our last &#8220;tourist destination&#8221; before heading to Mobile for the mast stepping appointment. Well, turns out it was not; we forgot to inform the weather gods of our plans&#8230; It started out with a benign anchorage at Cat Island, the first of many barrier islands we will visit on the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/?p=3057\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Mississippi Sound to Mobile<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gulf-coast","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3057"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3085,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3057\/revisions\/3085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svaurora.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}