You finally find parking after circling for what feels like an eternity. The main streets are packed with bumper-to-bumper traffic.
The local hardware store is now a wine bar with a two-hour wait. This is the reality on a summer weekend now, a town that has become a victim of its own postcard-perfect charm.
Once a sleepy river town where locals could actually park and shop, it now draws over a million visitors a year. A massive tourism push has transformed the downtown, replacing the quiet, neighborly rhythm with slow-moving parades of visitors…