The town
Bunnell is the seat of Flagler County, home to its government offices, and it sits inland on US 1, west of I-95 and well away from the beaches. Near the middle of town the streets keep to an older grid, with houses from many decades under mature trees. Head out from the center and the lots widen, the roads run longer, and pasture and pine take over.
Being inland spares a house the worst of the salt air, but not the summer. Heat, heavy afternoon rain and live oaks hung with Spanish moss decide what a Bunnell yard looks like after a few weeks on its own.