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tar balls rolled up onto our beach but they were immediately removed. However, media portrayed us as hav- ing oil everywhere. This caused many tourists to go elsewhere rather than come to our beaches. We looked out on our incredibly beautiful white, sugary sand beach with emerald green waters and saw very few people enjoying the splendor. Visit our website:
www.breaker
sfwb.com and click on our beach cam. This will show you that our beach is as pristine as it ever was and will continue to be. –K. Houchins, Okaloosa Island, Fla.
Fly v. drive Right now would be a perfect time for AAA to start pushing “take the high road” type of advertising campaign because of the big wave of people choosing to drive vs. fl y because of the naked body scanner and invasive pat-downs with air- ports. I know four people who just canceled their fl ights and are driv- ing to Las Vegas in protest. If you advertised membership to AAA now and mentioned how fun it is to drive to a destination, you would pick up some new members. –J. Brogan, Evergreen
No natural silence There is no true natural silence in Rocky Mountain, Great Sand Dunes, Mesa Verde, and Black Canyon parks due to the constant air traffi c. These are transcontinen- tal fl ights at 35,000 to 40,000 feet whose thunder is clearly audible on the ground. Natural sounds are subtle and easily drowned out. Once enough concerned folks
get together, the solution will come through pressure on the govern- ment aviation authorities. –E. Spargo, Denver
8 EnCompass January/February 2011
Correction Our article on “Winter fun at guest ranches” in the November/Decem- ber edition (page 53) mentions the Fairplay Nordic Center. AAA mem- ber V. Nichols informs us the center is closed.
Oil-free beaches The media continue to report inaccurate information that is dis- heartening to all of us who live on the beautiful “oil free” Gulf Coast. Please visit our website at
www.resortquestnwfl .com to see pictures of our coast from Gulf Shores, Alabama, to Panama City Beach, Florida. –P. Shanks, Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
We have suffered severely from the publishing of information by vari- ous media portraying our area as devastated with oil. We lost approxi- mately 50% of our tourism due to this misreporting of information. The Fort Walton Beach and Des- tin area have had little to no oil on our beaches. There were a couple of “hours one day” in June when a few
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