A 3 bedroom, 2 bath brick home in a small town w/mild winters. Families & Snowbirds welcome! 1 mile (3 minute drive) to Downtown & Beach. Dining, entertainment, shopping, parks, & Casinos. This dog friendly home is fully stocked; w/coffee, full kitchen, & even dog & people treats. Open kitchen & living area w/lots of seating. Spacious bedrooms w/large closets. Enjoy your morning coffee on screened back porch w/large yard & detached Game-Shack. The LB Hangout is equipped with 4 60" 4K TVs w/Blu-Ray players, a generous supply of DVDs, and even board games for more family fun. The screened back porch has comfortable seating and an electric grill. It overlooks a very large, privacy-fenced backyard, kid & dog safe. As a bonus, the LB Hangout offers a family-friendly detached game-shack complete with 60" TV, DVD/Blu-Ray player, Super Nintendo system w/21 games, foosball table & cornhole game. The Entire Property !! All check-ins are in-person, so I can welcome you & help you get settled in. I am 5 minutes away & am available to answer any questions that you may have. If the Long Beach Hangout is not available, please check out my other property, the Long Beach Lodge, in downtown Long Beach. You can easily find it on the map, it's in the center of town. Quiet, established neighborhood, an easy 5 min. drive to downtown, the beach, & city parks. Gulfport International Airport is nearby, a 20 min. drive. Professionally Cleaned using medical grade cleaners & sanitizers. Our small quiet town and long open stretches of beach, make it EASY to find a quiet spot and relax !! The Hangout features; High Speed Unlimited Internet and a large, fenced backyard w/Gameshack, 2 parks, the beach and dozens of restaurants 3 minutes away by car. Farmers market every Saturday morning in the main City Park. Fresh, local produce, honey, beef, dairy products, & arts and crafts. A little something for everyone! The Mississippi Aquarium is located 3 miles away in Gulfport. Please check their website for more information. “FIRST FRIDAY” Downtown Long Beach Party May through November. An evening long event centered on the Towne Green Park and surrounding area. A live band, classic car show/display and booths from local vendors. The action begins around 6pm until Midnight. Mardi Gras: Is a season of Formal Balls and Parades put on by a wide range of groups (krewe’s). The season starts in January and goes until mid-February (Ash Wednesday). The peak of the season is around the month of February to (Fat Tuesday). Celebrations take place from Mobile, along the Mississippi Gulf Coast to New Orleans. Mardi Gras on the Mississippi Gulf Coast: Features 23 parades from mid-January to Ash Wednesday. Some of the local parades are listed below. For more information check out the Gulf Coast Website listed below. Long Beach: February 3rd. Bay St. Louis/Waveland: February 12th & 13th. Pass Christian: January 27th. The New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade season kicks off January through February 13th with 79 parades. The French Quarter is an easy hour & a quarter drive (mostly highway) from Long Beach. Save a ton of cash on lodging & food by staying in peaceful Long Beach. Winter Classic Horse Show Harrison County Fair Grounds Starts the middle of February through the end of March. Some of the top stables in the country travel to the Gulf Coast to compete in a wide range of equestrian events. Admission is free and the fairgrounds are really beautiful this time of the year. Biloxi Coast-Con 45: March 1-3 2024 46th year. www. coast con. org held at the MS Coast Coliseum. Buggin The Beach@ Beauvoir: (March) 29th Annual (2024) MS Gulf Coast VW Club, Check out the VW club website for more information. 29th Annual Crawfish Music Festival: In April at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi. Great Food and Music. THIS IS A LIMITED RESERVED SEATING EVENT AND TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE. Please check the website for more information: (www. mscoast coliseum. com) *Late April* 9th Annual (2024) Dragon Boat Festival on Gulfport Lake (Live Music, Crawfish Boil & Kid activities) Benefits the United Way of South Mississippi. Please check the United Way website for more information Spring (APRIL) Mustang Car Show @ Edgewater Mall: https://www. mscoast mustang club. com/ The Splash Pad in the Towne Green City Park is open May - October. For all the other events along the Mississippi Gulf Coast check out this website: Gulfcoast dot org for more information. Please plan ahead so you don't miss out !! For all the other events along the Mississippi Gulf Coast check out this website: gulfcoast dot org for more information. Please plan ahead so you don't miss out !!