After literally eating our way through Lafayette, New Iberia, St. Martin, and the rest of the area, we finally pulled up anchor around noon on Monday and headed down the Gulf Coast for Biloxi. Oh, one more special mention for the foodies is T-Coons in Lafayette. This little diner type place totally ROCKS! Great down home Cajun style cooking for breakfast and lunch. Most places in the area take coffee very seriously, but they go a step beyond here. The first thing you see when you walk in is a gigantic commercial type thermos on every table, loaded with the special local coffee, Mello Joy. The food goes uphill from there. A must do place if you visit. Driving in to Biloxi is a little eerie. The strip of casino hotels is pretty much built back up after being flattened by Katrina. It's only after you turn off the coastal highway and go into town where the devastation is still all around. This town was literally wiped away. Almost all of the buildings now standing are new..and there are quite a few. Seems like a real effort is being made, but there are entire neighborhoods where there is nothing but a street, lighting, and foundations of former homes and businesses to remind that there once was a bustling town here. It will take years of additional effort to bring the whole place back. We don't hear or see much about this on tv, only New Orleans.
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