Seafood Festival

Thursday 2 Oct .  We started out the day with a plan to do some home maintenance, laundry, bill paying, etc.   Some how it took us all day to get very little done.  It was a really nice morning so we started with breakfast on the grill.  Took Rudy for a walk or two,  then a nice bike ride since Brad got the tires pumped up.  We had left overs for lunch cleaned up the kitchen and took Rudy for another walk and before we knew it was 4 o'clock.  We did get a few little jobs done but not many.  By now it is time for dinner so out to Crabby Patty's for dinner.  Oh, what a find.  Brad had the "steamed" shrimp and scallops and I had 2 1/2 dozens steamed clam.  Both were just great.  It sure was nice to have a menu that had a choice of steamed, broiled and of course fried food.    The only complaint was the waitress hurried us a bit.  She was trying to get our drink order before we sat down and or regular order before our drinks were ready. Anyway, the food was great and included hush puppies and sides and we ate everything. Back home a walk for Rudy and off to bed.

 

 

Friday 3 Oct. was the first day of the big seafood festival in Morehead City and we wake up to rain.  So sad.  We ate breakfast (yogurt), showered, and got ready to head into town around 10:30.  We parked close to the festivities and with umbrella in hand we proceeded.   And just like that the clouds

Every Restaurant had a stand
and we tried most of them!!

part and sun came out.  It turned into just a lovely day, a little hot by afternoon but we won't complain.  It just so happened we walked in right at the wine tasting booths(oh darn).  We tasted a few but didn't want to carry any purchases all day.  We strolled up and down the main causeway at least three times.  Brad bought a t-shirt and I got a pair of dragonfly ear rings and of course we both had lots to eat.  We had, a crab cake,  jambalaya, shrimp and grits, and from  Floyd's stand a red neck egg roll.   The egg roll was made with bbq pork and was really good.  We stayed until 4pm then visited the wine tasting section again this time making a few purchases.  Brad forgot his hat so his head looks like a lobster,  if it peels he will look like a blooming onion.(ha ha)  Back home, nothing for dinner, a nice long walk for Rudy, we didn't need it, but he did and after that we sat outside and enjoyed the evening, until bed time.

 

 

Sat 4 Oct.  Woke up during the night to the sound of rain, but when morning came it was clear and really a nice day.  Started with breakfast on the grill, again.  I just can't say enough about how Brad takes care of me(guess who typed that line)   The plan for today was to take a tourist trip up to New

This puts a new meaning in
'going grocery shopping'

Bern and then back down via the Cherry Point ferry.  All went well until we decided to have lunch before we left.  Opened the pantry cupboard and found ants on the molasses bottle and a few other things.  So instead we spent the afternoon tearing apart the pantry, cleaning and spraying. Remember this is a RV so the cupboard doors had to come off and the top half has to come out to get to the bottom half  and of course all the contents had to be removed.  We had it put back together by 4pm.  To late to do anything so we headed to the commissary/px for supplies and groceries.  Back home, took Rudy for a long walk and just had sausages on the grill and enjoyed the evening.  Tomorrow will be packing and preparing to tour trip to Mt Airy .