Oysterfest

We are continuing to enjoy this part of Texas. It has been very warm--in the 80's--with nice breezes and cool evenings.
Yesterday, we attended the Rockport-Fulton 2006 Oysterfest. It's a local festival that benefits the volunteer fire department and celebrates the oysters harvested from Aransas Bay. One can never have too many oysters (or any seafood), so we checked it out. The arts and crafts were fun to see and the fried oysters were yummy. It was held next to the harbor and we also saw local fisherman unloading HUGE bags of oysters. Those bags weighed a few hundred pounds apiece ! Although, we did eat a few oysters at the festival, there was a limited selection and we were hungry when we left. Of course, we were in a coastal town and finding a small restaurant that served seafood at a reasonable price was NOT a problem. Picking one out of the many was the only problem.




We finally settled on a Cajun restaurant called The Boiling Pot. They served local shrimp, blue crabs along with corn on the cob all boiled in Cajun spices and served directly onto the table. A whole pile of finger food!! It was messy fun and quite tasty.
We did some looking around this seashore area north of Corpus Christi and really liked it. Next week, we will be moving to a campground near here and are looking forward to our time near the ocean.