There was a stand that had some really nice painted bird houses. No I did not buy any, we have a bird house that we were filling when we first moved into our house. We ended us with so many birds in our yard that we stopped filling it.
We walked around for a little, had a barbque sandwich then headed home.
The next weekend was the Spot festival. It actually rained all weekend so we went through the drive through to get a spot dinner. I really like the spot fish.
This past weekend my nephew Craig and his wife Selena came to visit. Friday afternoon we went to the Duplin Winery http://www.duplinwinery.com
We took the wine tour and then had a wine tasting. This winery really does a nice job with their wine tasting and makes it a lot of fun. After that we headed home and had spaghetti for supper. I have a very good recipe that I make with wine. I put it in the crock pot before we left so it was ready when we got home.
Saturday we went to a few yard sales where Selena found some good stuff. About that we left for the seafood festival. Once there we walked around and checked out the food stands. We stopped and had some shrimp then headed to the chef's tent to see what they were cooking. The first demonstration we watched was red drum (which is the state fish) with vegetables. Yummy it was really good. The next demonstration was a flounder sandwich which was also very good. The restaurants that do the demo's all serve fresh local seafood that they get from the local fisherman.
We then checked out all the craft stands and ate a lot more seafood (plus the chocolate covered cheesecake). That evening they had fireworks which we stayed to watch. It was a very nice day and we had a lot of fun.
Sunday we went to the Vietnam Memorial gardens. They really did a nice job with the gardens.
The garden started with a memorial to the Marines killed in Beirut.
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| The name of all the Marines killed in Beirut |
This year they added a memorial to 911.
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| A piece of beam from 911 |
We then headed to Emerald Isle to have lunch at Rucker Johns then checked out all my favorite shops. We headed over to the beach to take a walk and find seashells. The water was very warm but the air was chilly. Selena found some really nice shells to take home.
We decided to drive up to Fort Macon to see if they were opened. Since we were last there the new building is opened. They have a very nice gift shop and a nice educational section.
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| Greg & Selena |
From the fort we walked over to the beach. This is a beach were you cannot go swimming. It is actually water, where the ocean meets the sound which causes very strong currents. This is a place were a lot of people fish from. Selena found some really cool shells on this beach.
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| Craig & Selena |
Monday we went to Southern Comforts which a a very cute gift shop in town. Checked out a second hand store then meet Greg at smithfields. Craig and Selena wanted to check out some southern barbque and fried chicken. They really enjoyed smithfields but then it was time for them to head home. We really had a fun filled and packed weekend. We have a lot more planned when they visit again.
Well that's all for now, 2 more festival coming up this weekend.
Till next time....
Love,
Jennifer
