I spent Independence Day driving along the Gulf Coast, from San Destin, Fla. to Gulf Shores, Ala. I thought I'd share some images from the trip.
San Destin, Fla.-
There weren't any noticeable tar balls along the stretch of beach I went to. The owner of a umbrella shack who services the resort said that he and his employees spend an hour or so each morning cleaning up tar balls that the high tide has washed in overnight. He also said that his business was down 50 percent since the first tar balls to hit San Destin were reported by the media. He said he walked right into Pompano Joe's, a popular beach-side seafood joint in Destin, for lunch earlier that day, and there was no wait, adding that usually you'd have to sit for an hour before you could get a table.
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