Juy/Auus 2009

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if you don’t yet live in paradise,

you c t  t rght ext oor. My

beutfu  e jut  brge, ferry

re or hort ght wy. Eve from 

tte, you c be   remy  et-

tg wth hf  y or e, t brgprce,  wthout  the pg terto trp em (though

you’ t ee the ucree  bech

towe). The  te here — from

Key Bcye, For, to Whbey i,

Whgto — c be reche  hour,mere mute  ome ce. now qutcheckg your wtch. a oo  you cro tht brge, you’re o vcto.

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t su rss r“Ara’s ba,”as nr cara’sour bas ss sry-ras.

Juy/Auus 2009

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Key Bicyne, Florid

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Th my be the mot coveet ecpe  the wor, t et f you ve  Mm — t’ 18 mutefrom owtow over the cuewy  oto the key,  t’ oy 27 fromMm iterto. Vt oe of thecoutry’ bet wmmg beche, t

B Bgg Cpe For stte Prk (tht

uruy e gr keep the wter ce).

Boter’ Gr o no nme Hrbor the prk h goo efoo  gret vew.Or perue dout Gery; t oe’t erve

oughut, but oe hve gret burger.

For ccommoto, chooe betweethe Rtz-Crto  the sver s

Bech Reort,  mcetury mote coe

to For’ reort root wth terrzzo

oor  oor tht t ue key.

Wtch for gu ug  roe

vegetto rou 4 p.m. They o hg

out o the bech  the gof coure. if

t get co eough, they my eve f

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This all-american island perfecTion barely fiTs inTo a long weekend.

from the tree. But t’ rrey co  Key

Bcye. Whe t’ tme to eve, jut

keep o rexg — you’re mot home.

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Gprill Ilnd, Florid

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There’ O For,  the, cro

the Boc Gre Cuewy, there’Gpr i, For. a tte fr-

ther out of the wy, th oe-tme hut

of J.P. Morg  Hery For eem to

e  ot frther bck  tme. Gpr

vue trto,  the trto t v-

ue  uxurou Guf-e rexto.

at the ceter of  cuture ce

t w but  1911, the Gpr i

& Cub embrce tht ethc,   retret

from the tree of moer fe but ot

from cvzto: Jcket re requre the g room urg the ’

“oc eo” from december to apr.

For o-guet, the  offer tour of

the htorc property twce  week.

The ret of the    bt more -

bck. The 1890 ghthoue  Gpr

stte Prk t the outh e of the 

 t fuctog. Ope to the pubc,

t exempe the For vercur

tye, wth eevte oor  hgh ce-

g for gree coog vete before

gree w gree. i the me ytem

of brrer , sbe to the outh

offer ome of the me tmophere.

But Gpr get you  tte coer to

wy from t .

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Glveton Ilnd, Tex

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le th  hour from owtowHouto, Gveto i  32 meog  h 32 me of bech. Thtme t’  bech. We, there’ ohoppg  g  the Htorc

dowtow str dtrct. a there’the loe str Fght Mueum wth  co-

ecto of oe-of--k rcrft  

cocetrto of Vctor rchtecture

ery umtche  the Ute stte,

cug Bhop Pce (1892)  the

Gr 1894 Oper Houe, whch  tue for performce from pop to c-

c. a for pure prefbrcte, zero-teect thr, there’ schtterbhWterprk. authetc  cuture?

Mybe ot, but tke the wtery 40 mph

freef o the Cffhger spee se

f r o m t o p : w A l t e r b i b i k o w / c o r b i s ; l A u r e n c e p A r e n t / p h o t o g r A p h e r ’ s d i r e c t

ca fralus,ky bsaygasara isalus

 ee f you cre. a Mooy Gre

offer  qurum   tropc r-

foret ecoe   10-tory pyrm.

But the ret  bech (ot coutg too much other tuff to meto here).The oget cotuou ewk  the

Ute stte e the 10.5-me sew

ecto, retore fter Hurrce ike 2008. ike w’t  b  the grettorm of 1900, fter whch they but

the eegt Hote Gvez — ow ru by

Wyhm wth  reovte p — toymboze the etto’ uute

vtty. The  urvve ike too. a

t’ rexg  uper fu. Rght there

ext to owtow Tex.

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Mrth’ Vineyrd,Mchuett

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summer  the eo o the Veyr.

The stemhp authorty —  bue

ce hp r o tem — ru ferremot houry w t rk betwee

Woo Hoe o the m  Ve-

yr Hve (wthout  cr t’ $7.50 per

pero). Kow   vcto ecpe ce whg e out here  the 19th cetury,

the    gret pce for  eurey bcyce tour. Brg  bke o the ferry for  extr $3, or ret oe t Mrth’Bcyce Ret  bock from the ock.Pe  pctureque oop: VeyrHve, Ok Buff  Egrtowform the ’ “urb” bckboe.For   ecpe wth  ecpe, cotue to Chppquck i by ferry  eve by bke og the  pt to Ktm (f your bke bech-cpbe). Wet Tbury h frmer mrket Weey 

stury morg  ummer, proof of

the Veyr’ evoto to oc (ecou) prouce from t oze of m frm. Cotue to the “up--” towhp of aquh, o owe by the Wmpog trbe, toee the trkg trte re cy of the

aquh Cff. Get obter ro from

Meemh Fh Mrket  the hg

vge of Meemh  t o the j-

cet pubc bech to wtch the uet.

Th -amerc  perfectobrey t to  og weeke. Better

mke t  week.

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Outer Bnk, North Crolin

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Ktty Hwk t the orth e of theOuter Bk  jut 79 me outh of the rport  norfok, Vrg, eve the rve from Whgto, d.C.,c be oe   og fteroo. CpeHtter to the outh w ecre the

Ute stte’ rt to ehore 

1953,  the Outer Bk c tef “amerc’ Bech.” lrgey protecte

from eveopmet, the 70-me expe

of   pcke wth htorc pot

( pcc pot to mtch).

Bckber (Ewr Tech) egey

h out  the re,  ye, he probby

bure treure, but o’t wte your

weeke ggg  the . Etbhe

 1584, the Egh cooy o Rooke

i precee Jmetow by more th

20 yer. The Wtere Thetre’ py

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w reforce tht ht

of the Ezbeth er.

i ummer, cmb the eemgy e-

e ct-ro tep of the Cpe Htterlghthoue, the to’ tet t 208 feet

 t gug hp t e. after py-

g homge to yg poeer t Wrght

Brother nto Memor  K dev

H, you c be ke them (ort of) by

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Jockey’ Rge stte Prk o ng He.Or y  kte o the bech.

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deert    for  eo. Thecrrge tr through the prk offerpet hkg  bkg  prg, cro-coutry kg  wter. ithe ummer, prk o the et e of northet Hrbor  cmb the toe

tep up the cff ce atcou Terrce

to the atcou  Thuy gre. The

greeery  toe beche crete  co-

temptve tmophere you my ot rec-

ogze from your morg commute.

Cc Mout  the hghet

pek o the U.s. attc Cot t 1,530feet,  t’ the rt pce  the Ute

stte to ee the morg u, but theutum vew from the ummt top t

, wth foge  re  go tretch-

g to the horzo. Prope-powere

i Exporer bue ru from te Jue

to m-October, provg  free, ow-tre wy to tour the   rechtrhe, beche  other pce

both  the prk  out.

Reve  ome of amerc’ oet

uxury t the sp t the Br Hrbor Cub.

But by J.P. Morg  1929, tock-

mrket trbuto otwthtg, thecub t  tetmet to the eurg

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