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| Wishing tree at Orange Street Pier. Fairhope, Alabama. July 2021. |
As part of my due diligence in scoping out my next tourist-in-residency, I dropped down the eastern side of Mobile Bay to Fairhope.
The brief visit sealed my heretofore provisional conclusion that living in a tourist town is not the right place for me. Let's assume "arts community" (a la Fairhope) = "tourist town" = congested streets, sidewalks, and woeful parking opportunities. Add to that a climate with mild winters and proximity to Florida beaches, we've got presumably high rent, assuming most long-term rental properties haven't already been swallowed by the succubus Airbnb.
However, it is a good thing to live close to such a place for visits.
The Fairhope community has invested in walking paths that parallel the shoreline, public art, and thoughtfully-dispersed benches.
On this day, I stopped by:
- Orange Street Pier
- Mullet Point County Park (Baldwin County)
- Fairhope Municipal Pier (and up the sweetheart-candy-colored stairs to The Bluff at Henry George Park)
Lor', it was hot in Fairhope!
A slide show below:
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