May 2 - Gulfport to New Orleans, LA

We decided to drive along State Road 90 (US90) to get to New Orleans today.  It mainly runs along the shore line of the gulf of Mexico.  Firstly, we drove to the post office in Gulfport which was near the beach.  We had a look around the marina area and the beach.  It looked like a beautiful beach and the weather was sunny and warm so it all looked amazing!

As we drove along the 90, we noticed that there were no houses and very few trees in the first two blocks of land from the road.  Then occasionally were houses, but they were all built in a similar fashion - high up on stilts and the ground floor was fairly open, mainly being used for car parking.

Guess this is mainly because the hurricanes have decimated the front land areas and the rebuilding has been too costly because the home owners may not have been able to afford it.

It was an interesting drive.  We arrived at our hotel at St Rose, the airport suburb only about two minutes from New Orleans international airport.  Our flight leaves at 6.45am tomorrow and we have to be at the airport two hours before...  that will be an early start!