Travelling down Highway 49 through the pinebelt of Missisippi, it’s always a bit pleasantly jarring to arrive in Gulfport where the rural landscape suddenly becomes a beach town with palms and harbors and all of that. It’s the main entryway to the Gulf area for Mississippi. (2014, 2017)
A recent but now signature addition to the Gulfport harbor, this decorative lighthouse replaces on destroyed out on Ship Island in the devestation of Hurrican Katrina.
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The marina at Gulfport is where you can buy a trip out to Ship Island, an undeveloped barrier island where you can spend all day out in the sun.
A bit of the palm lined Gulfport downtown buildings.
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A bit of an abstract view is created in this picture
of the sand and surf at Gulfport.