We Have a Garage!

You may have noticed that we have garage doors on the house,  and looking back there was generally a car parked in the driveway outside those doors.  This weekend we worked on boxes still in the garage.  We unpacked a few boxes and shifted some things into their "final" storage spaces.  As a result we now have a fully functional two-car garage.

This makes a big difference in our lives.  First, the cars are now out of the afternoon Sun, and that makes getting into the car in the afternoon much more comfortable.  The car is no longer a sauna.  
Second; there is can be salt moisture that drifts in from the Gulf overnight and coats everything. When that moisture evaporates it leaves dirty windows and  windshields.  Now, we can clean our windshields and expect then to stay that way for more than a day.

One of the observations I made as a result of  living both in North Carolina and in Texas is the large number of folks who use their garage for storage, and park the car in the driveway. I don't remember that being the case in Yankee country. Houses here seldom have a basement, and if there is an attic it is generally way to hot to use for storage.  

We built this house with plenty of storage space and one reason was so we'd be able to park the cars in the garage.  That goal has been accomplished.