We left New Orleans literally running from the rain in Louisiana. They had 15 inches in one day and flooding in towns like Lafayette, where we'd been just two days ago. The skies were threatening through Mississippi and Alabama but we lucked out, grabbing a photo with Mat here and there, moments before the raindrops came down. Spring has definitely sprung here in the south and we enjoyed views of dogwood blossoms, some funky pink thistles, and white, purple, and pink flowering trees along the highway. Azaleas are also out in full force.
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| Mat says "Hi, Y'all!" from the "World's Largest Rocking Chair" in Gulfport, MS |
Our first stop was the "World's Largest Rocking Chair" at the
Dedeaux Furniture Factory in Gulfport, Mississippi. It seems that about 4-5 states claim to host the world's largest, but we didn't mind. It's really big! And they had a
very official looking sign. The giant rocker is actually stationary so it lost some coolness points for me. I suppose it has to be hurricane proof or something..
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| Hungry for some gas station fried chicken? This rooster is fairly tempting. |
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| Mat poses next to the famed El Camino Chicken (we think it still runs) at the gas station in Irvington, Alabama |
Another off-the-beaten-path find from Corky's roadside attractions app was the
El Camino Chicken in Irvington Alabama. It's a big old chicken in a red old El Camino sitting there on the corner of the highway advertising gas station deli fried chicken. It smelled really good (and fried chickeny) in there but we pushed on to a seaside restaurant to have lunch. Up on stilts on the beach at Mobile Bay is
Felix's Fish Camp Grill. Totally campy and totally cool. We had some "key lime pah"after a delicious fish lunch (again with the Gulf seafood!) and chuckled because of the cuteness of the 3 year old at the table next to us who held up her drawn-on paper place mat and exclaimed, "Look! I'm finished, y'all!"
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| Lunch at the Fish Camp. Mobile, Alabama |
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