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| Birds on Pier |
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In spite of visiting
Apalachicola several times while camping nearby, we never visited the Maritime
Museum. This time we did, and we will visit again.
This small museum
packs a lot of information, so take your time to walk around. The story of
Apalachicola, and how it reinvented itself so many times over the centuries as
one major industry died out and another took its place, inspires even the most
cynical. In so many ways it is a microcosm of our country, always moving
forward and finding something new when the existing business died out.
Be sure to take a walk
out the back door to the pier. Right next door to a fishing business, the
gulls, terns, and pelicans crowd on the pier of that building waiting for
scraps. As we watched, a flock of pelicans flew overhead trying to land on the
already crowded pier, causing the noisy, restless birds already there to start
calling, flying around, and then everyone landed again.
Various boat tours are
available, but unfortunately on this visit we were unable to take one.
Something to look forward to for our next visit.
