Slidell to Mobile was an easy drive, but with one 18 mile long bridge thru the Atchafalaya swamp. Not a bad bridge, about 12 feet over the water and reasonable lanes on the side. The entire trip was quite scenic with swamps filled with cypress and pine trees.

We pulled into Dixie & Tommy’s driveway, wide and long, and set up headquarters for the next few days. All of us got to help with the preparations for the Christmas day feast that Dixie had organized and mostly completed. As it turns out, about 20 folks showed up for Christmas Day’s feed about 1:00 PM. A lot of interesting and good folks were in attendance. Mostly close relatives. A very nice day indeed. Dixie’s son prepared 2 wonderful fried turkeys. Talk about moist!!! See photo.

Then the excitement began….as predicted, some serious weather was headed our way in front of a cold front from the middle of the country. Tornados!!! In fact at around 6:00 PM we had a twister make a 5 mile swath thru the city only 4 miles from our location. It was a wild and weird event as all gathered around the TV and watched as the local Doppler reports showed probable touchdown sites up to ½ hour ahead of time. They were incredibly accurate. Some considerable damage, but no injuries thankfully.

We plan to spend a couple more days hanging around and visiting some sights then heading up to my old homestead, Brewton. Pass the biscuits, please!!!