![]() ![]() He teases sometimes that he married me because my momma ran a bait shop!” “Mine snuck off today too!” she chuckles. I raise a finger to my lips with a smile. “How’s your wife? Does she know you’re out fishing without her?” “Well, it’s about time you came back to see me!” she smiles. Becky is Southern hospitality personified, and she gives me a friendly greeting as I step through the door. Becky”), still runs the place with the help of a clever little feller named Peanut. Seventy-one years later his daughter, Rebecca Boutwell Parker (known by most patrons as “Ms. Newburn Boutwell started selling worms at his place up State Route 225 back in 1952. Preparation is half the battle when it comes to fish- ing, and I know a place that helps with that. Over the years I’ve found that transitioning straight from the hum of traffic to the hum of frog and insect choruses can be a little jarring, so it’s best to “ease in” to the slower pace. On days when the constant roadwork and “Coming Soon!” signs start to wear a little thin, I usually throw a rod and a bucket in the car and head for the Delta. But I confess to sometimes needing a break from what can seem like impossibly fast-paced change. I’ve been known to browse the Eastern Shore Mall, vacation down at Orange Beach, and even wet a line in some of the fishier urban ponds. There’s nothing wrong with any of that I suppose. Through the decades, agricultural fields have turned into shopping malls, dunes have been replaced by condominiums, and messy little swamps have been cleaned up and turned into tidy-looking retention ponds in the middle of tidy-looking subdivisions. Love it or hate it, Baldwin County is growing. Growth and change go hand-in-hand, and so it comes as no surprise that Baldwin County has changed as it’s grown. By Nick Williams | Photos by Alex Timoney ![]()
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