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Gorgeous beaches, mountains of seafood and hope from the locals that tourists will return.

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Cape San Blas, one of the more beautiful drives on the Gulf Coast.

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The white sand beach of Florida's Deer Lake state park provides a warm alternative to the Canadian winter.

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Bowfin caviar, locally harvested in the Gulf Coast.

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Oysters smothered in mozzarella and bacon are one of the specialties of That Place Off 98 in Apalachicola, Fla.

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A tar ball found on the beach at Fort Morgan, Alabama.

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A church rebuilds in Mississippi.

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Playing on the shoreline of Cape San Blas.

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