There are many reasons to buy a boat, and perhaps the simplest and most satisfying one is for the purpose of getting away from everyone — or at least everyone who doesn’t have a boat. The big sandbar northwest of Fort De Soto that grows and shrinks with the tides is rarely totally deserted, but it’s also rarely jammed up like Seventh Avenue on a Saturday night, either, and you can usually stake out a little space on your own to just sit in the sun and listen to some tunes, or otherwise indulge in as much or as little socializing as you see fit.
This article appears in Sep 24-30, 2015.