Name:   Tall Cotton - Subject:   Garden & Gun magazine: Lake Martin on cover Date:   5/25/2018 9:06:56 AM

While publicity is nice, sometimes I wish the places that are special to me could be kept secret from the rest of the world. I feel that way about our lake, Center Hill, and the city where I live as we become more and more overcrowded.  Everytime we get ranked in the best 10 places to retire I know there will be another surge of traffic and the infrastructure in place will be pushed to it's max. After a while the natural beauty is no longer enjoyable, and the affordableness disappears. Then the next spot becomes the "in' place to be and it soon becomes overrun.