Fulton Oysterfest

With the spring break season upon us, many area communities are having festivals of one kind or another. This weekend we traveled a short distance to Fulton, Texas with some friends from Tropic Island RV Resort, to partake of the Fulton Oysterfest. Notice I said partake of the Oysterfest, and not partake of oysters, although many people were eating the slimy critters. I have no idea why they would do that, but to each his/her own. There is something here for everyone. We expect our own little island, Mustang, to be inundated starting this week. Already, there are no vacancy signs up all over the island, something we haven't seen all winter until now.

Al, Pat, and Tom. We call them the "triplets". They kind of represent the festival mood.

Oysterfest once each year, but promoting Birding ALL the time.

Here is one of the many belly dancers in performance.

Whole truckloads of oysters were prepared and served.

This is what the slimy critters look like when ready to eat.

The oyster booth was but one of the many food offerings at the Fulton Oysterfest. I had a really good polish sausage and Pat ate a pulled pork barbecue sandwich. All of the food booths were busy, including the oyster booth.

The parade was quite long, almost an hour, and included lots of fire trucks (the festival is sponsored by the Fulton Volunteer Fire Department as a fund-raiser) as well as the traditional things you see in all parades, such as the large Shriners in their very small cars, tractor dealers, etc. My favorite parade costume was the ladies in the flamingo outfits. Great idea!

Things are happening, so we'll have more to post soon. That's all for today! See ya.

Dave & Pat