Gulf Islands Water Park (Gulfport)

Gulf Islands Water Park (Gulfport)

After driving around in the heat and humidity and all the museums and educational stuff we'd done over the last few days, it was time for a kid break, to let them just have fun.  Luckily we found the Gulf Island Water Park and the kids could not be more excited to get into the water and have a great time in the late afternoon.  The park wasn't enormous but it was big enough to offer a really great selection of … [Read more...]

Shrimp Boat Tour (Gulfport)

Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama

One of Mississippi's biggest industries along the gulf coast is shrimping.  If you've watched the movie Forrest Gump, then you've seen how Forrest and his friend Bubba buy a shrimp boat and go into the shrimping business starting the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company.  Since shrimping is so important to this area we thought it would be just fantastic to take a shrimp boat tour and learn all about these creatures who play … [Read more...]