Morning decoys in the St. Vincent marshes, afternoon oyster boat, dinner at Owl Cafe. Pre-Disney Florida.
Dawn decoys in the St. Vincent marshes, afternoon oyster boat with the Ward family, dinner at Owl Cafe. Pre-Disney Florida still exists here — old cypress, slow bars, honest seafood.
Deep version. Oyster farm tour, raw shuck class, redfish on the flats, duck decoys dawn, dinner at Owl Cafe three times because you earned it.
Sight-cast redfish in the Aransas Bay flats with Baffin Bay Fly Fishing, poling skiffs at dawn across gin-clear water. Lunch at The Boiling Pot in Port Aransas—raw oysters, crab claws, cold beer. Three nights in Airstreams at Lazy A RV Park, fire pit dinners, dawn departures. Final evening at Rockport Seafood for blackened snapper and whiskey on the bay.
Dawn wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Changing of the Guard in dress uniform, then Udvar-Hazy Center for SR-71 Blackbird and Space Shuttle Discovery. Afternoon at the International Spy Museum with classified-era artifacts and Cold War tradecraft. Dinner at Old Ebbitt Grill for Chesapeake oysters and bourbon, followed by a private rooftop reception overlooking the Lincoln Memorial. Day two: Arlington House tour, Arlington Cemetery grounds walk with a military historian guide, lunch at Founding Farmers, evening at the National WWII Museum's traveling exhibition. Final night: steakhouse dinner at The Capital Grille, cigar lounge at Tobacco Dock, nightcap at Off the Record (hidden bar in the Hay-Adams Hotel).
Friday lunch at Red's Eats in Wiscasset—butter-soaked lobster rolls and fried clams at a weathered shack with zero pretense. Saturday morning ferry to Peaks Island, breakfast at Peaks Island House, then a working tour of Five Islands Lobster Co in Georgetown with the boats still unloading. Afternoon raw bar at Eventide Oyster Co in Portland, then dinner at Fore Street with a wood-fired kitchen and Maine seafood sourced that morning. Sunday brunch at Tangled Up in Hue, then a final stop at The Clam Shack in Kennebunk for steamers and a lobster roll before the drive back.