By David Harris
A New House goes up in your neighborhood. You watch as it starts to take form, starting with the pilings which is what start’s it all. The floor joist go down and the floor is put in place. Within a few weeks the walls go up and the roof is in and decking installed. Work may slow a little as the interior starts, electrical, duct work, sheetrock, cabinets and doors, texture and trim. Then time almost comes to a crawl as the painting for the exterior and the interior is done by hand. The finishing touches are installed, electrical plates, ceiling fans and lights. By now you’ve made at least one trip over to see what it looks like inside and out, but with it complete you’ve got to make one last trip to see the finished product.
I met a new home owner Friday, a new family on Bolivar and in our neighborhood. A family that I found out had been here for years before IKE. The old house was taken in September 2008 by IKE after years on Bolivar Peninsula. Starting as a fish camp by Grandparents, several families, or should I say generations, grew up enjoying it. For years they came for weekends, vacations, graduations and more to Bolivar Peninsula. After hearing the story why they the rebuilt on Bolivar but in a new location, I compared their new home as a family time line. The pilings, decking and roof was the first generation, giving the following generations something to build from. The second generation was the interior, they made sure it was comfortable for future use. The third generation was the finished out product, they made sure it would be around for future use and generations to come, keeping it a tradition. All this took time, most of it with family and friends on Bolivar Peninsula.
By the way, when I asked the new home owner why they rebuilt on Bolivar, he said his daughter told him (she is grown and with family and kids of her own) her fondest memories were with her “MeMe” on Bolivar Peninsula, and summer times on Bolivar growing up. It’s didn’t take long for the pilings to be set after that conversation.
Traditions, Generations and Time on Bolivar Peninsula…it is what Bolivar is all about for many.
(This article published 2/2/2015)
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