Pascagoula Nature Center

So, I have to say that we didn't do too much at all last time we came to Mississippi.  A large part of that was because we were poor and had hardly any money for to pay for gas to go places.  (Rick and I were talking about how badly and cheaply we ate one pay period when we decided to go to New Orleans for a day trip).  Rick found this Nature Center in Pascagoula.  And on the outside, it's really small.  But, we decided to take a trip out (about 40 minutes away) to check it out.  And we were pleasantly surprised.  It was a small little building, but there was a lot of neat stuff in there.  And Evan got to pet a snack, which he was super duper excited about.  He kept trying to squeeze it though, which definitely could have been an issue...

Rick and Evan

It the tumbleweed of the deep south

Evan playing fish operation and putting all the fishie parts back together.

Evan loved the snakes, but he kept calling everything "Fishies".  We have to try and expand that vocabulary of his!

Alligator snapper turtle skull.  Nasty.

Jackson County.  We had to cross county lines to get there.

Pretty rocks.

Me in front of the creepy bobcat.

Logan really could care less.  Plus, the peacock was freaking him out.

Evan petting the snake.

The boys looking at the peacock outside.

There was a big lake, and we took a walk to the island in the middle. 

And we took a couple of pictures.

And then it was too cold so we decided to go back to the car and maybe get some lunch.  The end.

We tried going to this famous restaurant on the way home but we didn't think it was open for lunch or maybe, the season.  So then we went to Tato Nuts, which is a famous donut place down here, and bought some donuts. And we decided to check out the Mexican restaurant around here that we heard was pretty good called El Saltillo.  It was definitely Tex-Mex, but there were some authentic items, including Rick's tacos el pastor.  Evan ate a ton of tortilla chips and poked his burrito, and Logan ate about all of my rice and beans and half of Rick's rice.  I still don't understand how he is so skinny with how much that baby eats.