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The Best of Summer

Fifteen superlative things to experience before Labor Day

Jun 01 '04

Best Snorkeling in Appalachia: The "Hillbilly Barrier Reef," a 100-yard,

clear-water stretch of the Conasauga River in Tennessee's Cherokee National

Forest. The snorkelin' hole is home to more than 20 species of fish.

conasaugariver.net.

 

Best Summer Job: Ice-cream-truck driver in Portland, Oregon. The Portland

Ice Cream Company will rent you a truck; you keep a percentage of all sales.

503-286-5951.

 

Best Llama Festival Organized by Hare Krishnas: Tenth Annual Llama Fest,

July 17, at the Krishna Temple & Utah Valley Llama Farm in Spanish Fork,

Utah. 801-798-3559.

 

Best Beach (Arctic Division): A hidden, sandy stretch along Mendenhall Lake

in Juneau, Alaska. Behind you, a waterfall cascades down from the Juneau Ice

Field. 907-789-0097. Best Mexican

 

Breakfast Not in Mexico: Las Manitas Avenue Cafe on Congress Avenue in

Austin. Chorizo scrambled with eggs, refrieds, salsa verde, and fresh

tortillas. Damn. 512-472-9357.

 

Best State Fair: Iowa's fair celebrates its sesquicentennial this year,

August 12 to 22, in Des Moines. Check out the cow made completely out of

butter. iowastatefair.com.

 

Best Gas Station/Sushi Bar: Lee's Fresh Sushi and Deli, located in the

Poplar Avenue Citgo, Memphis. 901-681-0111.

 

Best Place to Sleep like a Sharecropper: The Shack Up Inn in Clarksdale,

Mississippi. After getting stink-eyed at the local juke joint, you'll sleep

in a bona fide tin-roofed shack with walls made of Mississippi cypress.

shackupinn.com.

 

Best Pig Wrestling: At the Teton County Fair in Jackson, Wyoming, July 28.

tetoncountyfair.com.

 

Best Bar that Straddles Two States: The Flora-Bama, which is technically in

Pensacola, Florida. Bikini contests every Sunday all summer long.

850-492-0611.

 

Best Summer: This summer.

 

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