Major changes have occurred on the peninsula @ the Dauphin Island pier since this was taken 2 years ago. The video opens to the SE and the opening of the inner harbor of Pelican Bay (a.k.a. "THE MULLET HOLE", is the place where CIVILIZATION was FIRST PERMANENTLY ESTABLISHED ON THE NORTHERN GULF, THE MOTHER SETTLEMENT FOR EVERY COMMUNITY ON THE ENTIRE NORTHERN GULF COAST and THE FIRST PLACE ON THE ENTIRE GULF OF MEXICO FROM KEY WEST TO BROWNSVILLE TO FLY THE AMERICAN FLAG). This ground is one of the most strategic positions on the face of the Earth and has experienced 20 ARMED AMPHIBIOUS INVASIONS along with events connected to THE CUBAN REVOLUTION, MEXICAN WAR and THE TRAIL OF TEARS) . After Nate, virtually all vegetation beyond the BIG POINT (west side of the opening of the bay) was covered in sand and the dunes leveled. A year later, Michael cut this sand spit in two and now the old Land's End is an island which can usually be reached by wading. As the camera pans to the south and west you will see a single salt pond along the Gulf side. Now there are two salt ponds and third is building. Seven years ago there were NO SALT PONDS out past the pier.