December 9th. North of the Gulf...

The Paul Johnson State Park, Hattiesburg Mississippi became our next stop.
Realizing that this city of 45000 was about 50 miles north of Gulfport and seeing the destruction in the forest and on the buildings we decided to stop here to evaluate our plans.
We got the last available spot as the park was full of FEMA trailers (most of them were empty), contractors and insurance adjusters that were working in the area.
The churches dotting the countryside and town streets are numerous and are with unfamiliar names. Some we can't locate information about on the internet. We are not sure of what direction to take.

Here is an example of one of the hundreds of tall, mature trees that have been destroyed in our area of the park. Whole areas are in the process of being cleared by workers. The trees were a tangled rubble perhaps downed by one of the 18 tornadoes that touched down as the hurricane passed over. Most people here were without power for 3 weeks.

A picture of a couple of our neighbours, Henry (R) from Oklahoma and Dwayne is from Nebraska. Our RV is in the background.