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either part time or as full time residents, that very fact is what makes the close knit community a little bit of heaven.
Fifteen year Harbor resident and relative newcomer Lori Gordon grew up in the prairies of North Dakota in a family of very modest means, she says. When she discovered the coast on a
for us,” said Gordon. “We are outdoor people and we enjoy fishing, crabbing and shrimping. Cairo enjoys feeding the birds and watching the wildlife. We are established in the local art scene and even have our regular clients-we don’t want to think we might have to move.”
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David “Cairo" Wheeler, on the steps of his and wife Lori Gordon’s art studio at their Clermont Harbor ho
sunlight is filtered through the tall trees that are a standard in the area. A wooden bridge crosses a small creek where Cairo says a large snapping turtle
resides. He was here a minute ago, he says. The two have a separate studio kept private by a grove of tall bamboo, a treehouse and a dock on the harbor
When the tide is high, Gordon and Wheeler can boat all the way to the Mississippi Sound from their dock in the harbor.
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the Sound during high tide,	the small
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includes a bike ride to	a nice hi
watch the sun come up over around the gulf, a few hours of remembe painting for Lori, wood-	Comin
working for Cairo, a boat Orleans ride in the harbor if the tide	Guerin ;
is up, dinner and an early	Wilfred J
bedtime.	sister Gli
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has been a cornerstone of	care of th
activity to those who grew	sound an
up here. As with the other	feet long,
nearly invisible small lakes	was stru
scattered throughout the	long skin:
area, the harbor and nearby	“No ch
Sandy Bayou hold memo-	and not r
ries of golden sunsets,	Guerin. “
swimming, boating, and	all meet c
fishing for green trout. And	An ice
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Clermont Harbor has cen-	games w
tered around the water.	cleared ai
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Russell Guerin memories	versus th
centering around the harbor	Guerin,
and the Sound are abun-	Most \
dant. His family began to	the fathe
visit the coast when his	drove the
grandparents Emily and	M depot ;
Morinville would come to	into New
the area for the summer.	In the (
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his mother Camille bought	drink or t
property in Clermont	the way ]
Harbor before Russell was	living,
born and built a summer	father w<
home on Forest Ave. Later the family acquired a lot on	HA