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Summer is for beaches, blistering heat and beer. Yes! Beer!

Justin Gaffrey is a sensitive, insightful, creative and successful SoWal artist. He also kills yellow flies with a blowtorch.

He burns them to crisps, their burnt bits blending with colorful layers of dried acrylics texturizing the floor. He sent one to oblivion right in front of me after the little bastard made the final mistake of biting me. Sweet revenge in the studio!

The most recent SoWal Real Estate Report covers all of Walton County including South Walton real estate activity for June 2018, with statistics for single family homes, townhomes, and condos in Walton County, Florida.

YOLO Board co-founder Tom Losee has been coaxing, cheering, and leading lucky folks onto the water for over a decade. Tom and his SUP tribe want you!

Fashionably Late’s fun apparel is versatile enough to take you from a wine festival to a wedding…and all of life’s moments in between.

Splashes of color adorn fixtures in the contemporary women’s boutique that has found a home in a light-filled space at Uptown Grayton. Owner Amy Huff just celebrated the three-year mark this past Spring. Yet from day one, her happy task has remained the same.

These guys. They’re chomping at the bit to hit the trail….and here I am holding up the show to take a picture of the gang.

We're gathered at Big Daddy’s Bike Shop to head out on the weekly mountain bike ride through nearby Point Washington State Forest.  I'm along for the ride and looking forward to the venture.

Whew, 4th of July and it's busy! I took the afternoon off to fix broke stuff and get off a very crowded beach.

Fishing is still good, lots of Red Snappers. We even had a REAL one this morning, about 25 pounds. Not that many big ones but plenty of good fish. The kings have been biting good, a few black Snappers, a grouper bite or three 'bout every trip. They are still the hardest fish to land, first you gotta hook 'em, then keep 'em out of the bottom and then... beat the sharks back to the boat.

Visiting Eden Gardens State Park is tuning out the rest of the world and tuning in the “Real Florida”.

Trade in your worries and turn on to the splendor of SoWal's great outdoors, with some Florida history to boot. Just a bit north of the beach, Eden Gardens State Park is nestled in the woods of Point Washington, along the shores of Tucker Bayou and the Choctawhatchee Bay. It's the ideal spot to relax and have family fun.