Biloxi Block Party

Oct. 5, 2016

Today is the Biloxi Block Party.  Almost all the streets and parking lots in downtown Biloxi are closed to the public and used for car parking.   Cars starting parking about 6:00 am!  There were hundreds and hundreds of cars of all variety on display.  It took hours and miles of walking to see just some of them!  Here, and throughout the coast, there is a huge variety of vehicles - including restored classic American cars, lots of nice, older Corvettes and older pickup trucks, lots of very nice Tri-5 Chevys (almost seems like there are more here than they every produced!), muscle cars and of course, a huge variety of beautiful and creative custom hot rods.  

View of cars beginning to arrive at the Biloxi block party

A few of the sights in Biloxi

A very neat and well done vehicle in the bed of a very neat and well done pickup truck.  The sign reads, "The spare tire"

Check out the underhood mural!

This is a new one for me - a guy riding his Rascal scooter pulling a trailer with his wife in it!

An authentic Cadillac ambulance from the 60's.  Medical technology has certainly changed in 50 years!

A row of very nice T-Buckets

We left the event about 1:00 and went to a recommended repair shop to see about getting the exhaust pipe fixed.  When we got there, they said they couldn't get to it then, but they would call us.  So, we went to eat lunch.  After lunch, we never heard back, so we left to go to  Diamondhead, MS for the Blessing of the Classics.  Not knowing exactly what this was, we decided to check it out.  We got to Diamondhead just fine, but then we got into another 1 MPH parade.  There were lots of people along the routes enjoying the cars.  We finally came to a roundabout where an Irish Catholic priest stopped each car and gave a blessing.  We received a gift of a pair of fuzzy dice and a nice certificate with the prayer on it.  It was fun, but I hope the blessing is for life as its not something we would go back for!

Residents watching the cars!  This is also the scene along Hwy. 90 as thousands of people line the route,  with their canopies, chairs and coolers as they  watch all the cars cruise by.

Golf carts lined up watching cars!

Our car was blessed!

After getting blessed, we headed back to the hotel and parked the car after another long and hot day.  We walked to the Adventure Pub and Spirits in downtown Biloxi for dinner.  It is a popular pub with really good food.  Tomorrow we will head out, our destination will be Tupelo, MS. on the way to Nashville.

Adventure Pub and Spirits