I got in from DC Friday morning around 1:15am, got a little sleep and then headed to the lake to meet up with my wife. We headed down to Columbus, GA for an easy afternoon of eating and meandering from rooftop to rooftop bar. If you haven't spent any time in Columbus recently, the downtown area is nice, and you can watch the rafters navigate the rapids at the fall line. Since Saturday, we've been down in Alligator Point, near Panacea, FL (there really IS a Panacea), a nice little stretch of underappreciated gulf coast. A friend has a place here, and we have nine couples staying and renting adjacent places. The water's not as clear, and the sand isn't quite as white, as other places, which means less development but better fishing. Little local places selling all sorts of great fish, and oyster guys everywhere. By the end of this month, my buddy can walk out on the beach with a net and quickly get a nice bucket of big shrimp. We had a low country boil yesterday, and a progressive dinner is planned among the three houses today. We may ease over to Apalachicola later this morning. I spent the first half hour of my morning stargazing, magnificently clear this morning, very little artificial light, only a couple of shooting stars, but just beautiful.
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