Pip & Puddles come for a visit by Fenris

This photo of Bayview Gourmet Restarant is courtesy of TripAdvisor

We were so excited when Pip and Puddles accepted our invitation. We decided to start the day with a hearty breakfast at Bayview Gourmet. I suggested the The Big Easy: Poached eggs on Holland Rusk topped with Canadian bacon, crabmeat, shrimp, and hollandaise sauce, and everyone agreed it sounded yummy. I thinks everyone enjoyed it. We ate on the patio as that is the only place they allow doggies. I eat here all the time with Tammy & Mommy so I was sure my friends would enjoy it.

Then we headed off to do some hiking at Gulf Island National Seashore located in downtown Ocean Springs.

Puddles, Pip, Tuiren, Fenris, Socks & Scylla

 Mommy insisted on getting a group photo before she allowed us to go hiking. Mommy has been bringing me and Tuiren here to walk on the weekends so we knew all the trials, and where to find the wildlife. Puddles was very excited by the alligator, Scylla tried to catch the Great Blue Heron and Pip & Socks went squirrel hunting. I just tried to keep up with everybody they were all scattering in different directions so it was a lot of work keeping everyone safe.

After our hike we decided to head to The Walter Anderson Museum  in downtown Ocean Springs to admire all the art work. You can read about Walter Anderson here.

Pip and Puddles really enjoyed touring the museum and looking at all the lovely art work so we decided to drive over the Ocean Springs -Biloxi Bridge to the Ohr - O'Keefe Museum of Art. I thinks we drove right past Mommy and her friend walking the bridge. People walks it all the time but doggies are not allowed to walk it.

Mommy took this picture on one of her bridge walks

They has a sidewalk on the bridge with places to sit and rest and some art work. We were much happier driving across it though. Mommy says it is noisy and windy on the bridge when you walks it.

When we got to the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum we were kinda hungry so we stopped outside for a snack. Yep, this weird looking thing is the museum. We don't particular care for the building in fact we thinks it is ugly but the famous Frank Gehry designed it.

Next we went to Beauvoir - The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library. It is very beautiful here. When the boy beans were small they went on an archaeological dig here (click to see pictures) and found lots of neat stuffs.

Now we  all agreed we were starving so after consulting with Mommy about the best place to eat in Biloxi we headed to Mary Mahoney's Old French House.  The exact date the Old French House was built is unknown, but Mrs. Byrd Enochs, owner and occupant for over fifty years, estimated the date at around 1737.  The Restaurant was established May 7th, 1964. A favorite of Mississippi native, Elvis Presley, the restaurant is also rumored to be protected by a 2,000-year-old oak tree locals call “The Patriarch.”

 We took Pip and Puddles picture by the 2000 year old Patriarch.

Now Pip and Puddles have been very well behaved this whole trip I thinks they must be scared of Mommy she has a fearsome reputation as a disciplinarian. But we took them somewhere where they could really cut lose and have a good time.

The Beau Rivage Resort and Casino. Scylla, Turin and Puddles went to check out the Spa and Salon. Us guys me, Pip and Socks went to the High Limit Lounge. Seems we were mistaken for some rich dude and his entourage and they were putting everything on his bill, BOL (I swear I don't know how they got that idea, but it's a good thing because after getting all purrty at the Spa and Salon the girls went shopping and spent a bundle). After winning big we decided to call it quits and we collected the girls and went to the Vince Gill concert.

Luckily we had booked a room for Pip and Puddles at the Resort and they graciously allowed us to crash in their room as we were too drunk tired to drive home.

We really enjoyed our visit with Pip and Puddles and were very sorry they had to leave.  ~Fenris