It was a few short years ago when Hurricane Katrina swept through the gulf coast, devastating New Orleans, which has not recovered  yet, and dealing an equally devastating blow to portions of Mississippi such as Pass Christian, Gulfport and the like.

Among the structures that was dealt a terrible blow was the lovely old home known as "Beauvoir" which is the place where Confederate President Jefferson Davis spent his final years with his wife Varina, writing his memoirs and doubtless enjoying the beautiful view.  All that was fairly well demolished when Katrina blew through, but groups and individuals and its Board have been hard at work bringing back the grand old mansion to its pre-storm look.

Having good friends who lived just down the road from "Beauvoir," it will be my distinct pleasure to see for myself how "Beauvoir" has been reconstructed, and if it still retains the charm and ambience of the pre-storm era.  I'll be touring down there in the next week, and hopefully a coming Blog will tell you all about the "beautiful view" which has survived a licking that even the Yankees couldn't give her.

Tune in and see what we saw on Beach Boulevard in Gulfport.  If I can figure out how to do photographs, there may even be pictures!!  If I make it out of the casino.......