We will be at Shields during the same time period. You can go to Mobile and tour the USS Alabama. New Orleans is less than 100 miles away. There is a museum for Stennis Space Center right off I-10. And there are the casinos. All but one are smoking and we detest the smell of cigarette smoke so we stay away from the casinos and the buffets are not good either. Our favorite place for seafood is Desportes Seafood. It is a seafood market but has a small restaurant with great seafood (lunch only). We do not like The Shed. Their BBQ in our opinion is not very good. Sauces are very sweet and meat tastes like it was cooked in a crockpot. Driving US 90 along the Gulf is always great.