In the ensuing months, Port Avalon thrives with new business and exhilaration. For the first time in recent history, the Christmas season is as abundant with tourists as the summers are. The parade of exquisitely decorated and illuminated boats sailing around the bay enjoys a standing-room-only crowd along the pier. Restaurants and cozy inns are booked solid all through the New Year"s Eve celebration. So many new attractions to entice travelers to Port Avalon, due in part to the intense media coverage of the past autumn"s events. The town has become a shining example of economic rejuvenation.
But what keeps visitors returning for more is the ambience, the sense of community and genuine caring and warmth. It is as though Port Avalon"s residents and merchants are filled more with a desire t
