After another cheap (and not very good) breakfast at McDonald's this morning, we set out on the 1-10 W from Mobile toward our final destination, New Orleans. The weather has turned up about 10 degrees in the past few days, so the car air conditioning was going full blast as we made our way through Mississippi. I saw a sign for (President of the Confederacy) Jefferson Davis' home (Beauvoir), so we decided to make a stop to get a picture. The home, located in Biloxi, was built in 1853 and was Davis' last residence. Due to heavy structural damage from Hurricane Katrina, the entire property is still undergoing renovations. As you can see in the pictures, there is still work to be done. After our brief stop, we made the drive into New Orleans. We found
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