Why We Love the Gulf

Why We Love the Gulf
Five Great Gulf-Set Beach Reads
An author and historian shares his reading list for a trip to the Gulf Coast

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Why We Love the Gulf
For generations, sun worshippers and sportsmen have flocked to the Gulf Coast’s sugar sands, barrier islands, wild marshes, and grassy flats for tranquility and adventure. but those aren’t the only reasons to go. For starters…

Why We Love the Gulf
Old Florida Never Gets Old
One of the last true fish camps on the Florida Gulf coast beckons with a slower pace

Why We Love the Gulf
Love at a Dive Bar: Ode to the Flora-Bama
Over Bushwackers and Budweiser, a relationship takes root at the Flora-Bama

Why We Love the Gulf
Laguna Madre: Where The Past Rolls In with the Tide
Memories abide on a lazy stretch of Texas coast

Why We Love the Gulf
Pocket Guide to the Gulf’s Wild Places
No matter your pleasure, there are pockets of pristine coastline to discover

Why We Love the Gulf
Everybody Has A Comeback Story
An annual father-daughter poker trip to a Biloxi casino captures what it means to be down but not out

Why We Love the Gulf
Get to Know Florida’s 30A
Meet three Panhandle beach towns with style to spare

Why We Love The Gulf
Know Your Oyster: The Apalachicola
What makes them great, why they’re in danger, and where you can shuck one at its freshest

Why We Love the Gulf
Jimmy Buffett Drinks Here
The Margaritaville mogul toasts the Gulf Coast bars he loves the most

Why We Love the Gulf
My Little Bayou: In Praise of the Backwaters
Some of the best parts of the Gulf? The inlets and channels leading to it

Why We Love the Gulf
The Art of Screened-Porch Sitting
The Alabama coast has changed, but the simple pleasure of the evening breeze remains