Everyone in this parto of the world is super friendsly and we are used to replying when y'all merely means the two of us. We've tried the local gourmet delights and declared them not a repeatable performance - ShrimpNGrits, Hush Puppies, grits with breakfast, PoBoy sandwiches, huge servings we can't cope with. However, the local fresh fish and seafood steamed and grilled can't be beat. Normally a big oyster area, oysters we order here are from Virginia as the local shellfish are off limits now due to pollution and red tide. And I wish we were here for the bourbon peach cobbler season! Even the bourbon pecan pie is worth the calories. And the pralines, did I mention pralines? Huge mounds of caramel studded with nuts, sometimes with more gooey caramel in the middle?
Sadly one thing in the news here is the damage still being experienced in the Florida panhandle from the huge BP oil spills years back. Some of these areas seem they will never recover and families whose livelihood has been destroyed are at the mercy of Mother Nature desprately trying to repair the damage.
There are vast stretches of beautiful fine sandy beaches many places in Florida, Georgia and S.Carolina. It will be inundated in the next 2 weeks with all the Spring Break refugees from the north.
The other interesting thing is the prevalence of those dastardly English in the history of this area - the royalist eras, the battles, the sieges, those pirates like Francis Drake. We had hoped to see some of the antebellum mansions, richly furnished with all the spoils imported from around the world by the fabulously wealthy plantation owners. The historic house tours don't begin until the end of March, when we will be back in Calgary. Maybe another year!
Stalwart people are out there on the beach, taking a walk before the big storm blows in so we should join them.
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