We took some time to drive along the southern Mississippi shore. Beautiful white sand and I got used to seeing houses on stilts. Obviously, after the hurricanes that the coast has had recently, I understand why they put their homes on stilts, high stilts. However, I can see how this would prevent water damage in your house but I am having a hard time wrapping my head around a house on 2 x 4’s matching up against the winds of a full force hurricane. Are those stilts really that strong? I like this one with a picture of the home on the sign. Although it looks like they had a change of plans - their house doesn't quite look like the picture.
But, usually these are smaller homes, I have a hard time imagining a two story home on stilts and thinking that the stilts will hold it in a 150 mph wind.
But it’s hard to dispute that the view is worth it.
Wherever there’s water and a plethora of marinas, there’s gonna be a night time boat parade. Sure enough, we heard about the Gulf Shores boat parade through the Inter coastal Waterway. We set up, along with at least several thousand of our new best friends and watched the boats parade through. They were moving too fast for a really good picture. But there were about 50 boats all together, all with lights, some with music, one with dancers and all in a very merry Christmasy mood. Everyone was yelling Merry Christmas to the shore and back and waving. A good time was had by all.
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