>> CRISP FALL DAYS BATHED IN SUN, PEACEFUL STROLLS ON SANDY BEACHES, SAVORING THE LAST OF SUMMER’S BOUNTY.
>> ISN’T THAT BEAUTIFUL?
IT IS A GOLDEN BEAT.
>> THE WESTERN EDGE OF MASSACHUSETTS BORDERS BUZZARDS BAY.
HERE RESIDES A COMMUNITY OF FARMERS, FISHERMEN, AND PEOPLE POSITIVELY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS PLACE THEY CALL HOME.
THIS IS WESTPORT.
SOME OF THE BEST VIEWS OF THIS FARM COAST TOWN ARE FROM THE WATER.
HERE ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIVER AND THE HARBOR WHERE THE BRANCHES MEET.
>> THIS WAS A WHALING VILLAGE YEARS AGO.
>> FOR 28 YEARS, RICHARD EARL WAS THE HARBORMASTER.
>> DESCRIBED THE HARBOR WE CAME OUT OF.
A MIX OF RECREATIONAL, COMMERCIAL?
>> BOTH.
WE HAVE CLEAN WATER, OYSTER FARMING, BASS, BLUEFISH, SCALLOPS.
WE HAVE BARRIER BEACHES, SAND DUNES LIKE THE CAPE.
>> YOU HAVE THE DUNES BUT YOU DON’T NEED TO FIGHT WITH THE BRIDGE.
>> THIS BRIDGE LEADS TO HORSENECK BEACH STATE RESERVATION, 600 ACRES OF SALT MARSH, BEACH, AND A CAMPGROUND.
AT THE TIP IS GOOSEBERRY ISLAND WITH ITS RELIC WORLD WAR II LOOKOUT TOWERS SURROUNDED BY BUZZARDS BAY.
>> THIS IS 365.
IT IS MOSTLY BIRDWATCHERS AND WALKERS.
THE KEY IS FREE PARKING.
>> NEARBY STANDS A LIVING REMINDER OF DAYS GONE BY.
>> BACK WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT, EVERYTHING WAS SHIPPED BY WATER.
EACH YEAR, OVER 6000 SAILBOATS CAME FROM THE ORIENT AND AROUND THE WORLD.
>> THIS IS ONE OF ONLY FOUR REMAINING LIFE-SAVING STATIONS SAYS HOWARD GIFFORD OF THE FISHING ASSOCIATION.
TODAY, IT SERVES AS A VISITOR CENTER.
>> THE PEOPLE REALIZED THEY WERE LOSING A LOT OF GOOD SEAMEN.
IT WAS A HUMANE SOCIETY.
PEOPLE THINK OF THAT AS ANIMALS, BUT BACK THEN, IT WAS PEOPLE.
YOU CAN’T BEAT THE VIEW.
>> EQUALLY PLEASING IS THIS VIEW OF THE KEY FARM WHERE CATTLE GRAZE, VEGETABLES FOR ARRIVE, AND FARM TO TABLE IS TRUE TO -- VEGETABLES THRIVE, AND FARM TO TABLE IS TRUE TO ITS WORD.
SHE INVITES THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE THIS GREAT SPACE.
>> I HAVE PROBABLY FOUR FAMILIES THAT COME ALL THE TIME WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND THEY PLAY.
AND THEY HAVE KIDS.
>> KEITH IS A CATERER AND LOVES TO FEED PEOPLE FROM BIG TENT WEDDINGS TO INTIMATE GATHERINGS IN THE FARM’S OLD DAIRY BARN.
>> IT’S BEAUTIFUL.
WE HAVE REHEARSAL DINNERS, CORPORATE FUNCTIONS, MEETINGS.
>> HERE, YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY HISTORY.
>> THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1775 BY MY ANCESTORS.
WHAT MADE IT FUN WHEN MY PARENTS BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IS THAT IT CAME BACK TO THE FAMILY.
FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, I HAVE PUT MY HEART AND SOUL INTO BRINGING IT BACK.
I LOVE THIS PROPERTY.
IT’S LIKE MY TARA.
>> FOR A TASTE OF WESTPORT, HEAD TO THE BACK EDDY WITH ITS RIVER VIEWS.
THE OWNER SAL LEOTA SAYS THE MANTRA HERE IS LOCAL, LOCAL, LOCAL.
>> WE ARE SO LUCKY.
WE LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE FISHERMEN, FARMERS, WINERIES, BREWERIES, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.
WE SAY TO THEM, BRING US WHATEVER YOU ARE HARVESTING, AND WE WILL WORK WITH IT.
WE HAVE FOUR CHEFS WHO HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIALTY AND THEY COLLABORATE AND IT COMES OUT A DISH.
>> HOUSE SMOKED BLUEFISH.
>> EVERY ELEMENT ON THE DISH IS WITHIN A 10 MILE RADIUS.
>> BOUILLABAISSE.
>> MADE WITH BASS FROM THE RIVER AND A LOCAL RIVER FISH.
>> THIS FLATBREAD HAS LOCAL CHEESE AND A TOUCH OF MAPLE SYRUP.
>> LOOKS GREAT.
IT IS GREAT.
>> NEW ON THE MENU, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IS THE LOBSTER ROLL.
>> LOBSTER ROLL WENT ON THE MENU LAST SEASON.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS CRITICAL TO US WAS TO GET IT RIGHT AND MAKE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
WE SOLD 5500 67 LOBSTER ROLLS LAST YEAR.
IT’S NOW A CLASSIC AND A STAPLE ON OUR MENU.
>> JUST AS THE BACK EDDIE IS A STAPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY BY THE SEA.
>> IT’S THE BEST PLACE TO WORK ON THE PLANET.
SUNSET EVERY DAY, MOONRISE EVERY DAY, SON, SEA, EARTH, IT’