March sure came in like a lion here. We had some big storms, lots of rain and wind, come through here this morning. By 11 it was clearing, so we headed to the Strawberry Festival about 10 miles away. This was a strange conglomeration of many things: cheap fair rides, cows, bunnies, roosters, lots of crafts, a few bands, lots of cheap fair food, and all things strawberry. They were having a “dairy costume ball” when we arrived. That was pretty awesome, cows in a variety of costumes.
Bill got a gyro for lunch. I held out for a breaded tenderloin just like we had back when I was a kid in Indiana. There were several booths to make your own strawberry shortcake. The bowl of ‘whipped cream’ was enormous and looked like Crisco. The strawberries were not just strawberry halves (which would have been great) but a slightly pureed version. The biscuit it was served on was not too great. Bill ate most of it. We also got a strawberry dipped in chocolate for $1, and I bought a sweatshirt and t-shirt. How could one resist a strawberry festival sweatshirt? I did resist the strawberry rings, necklaces, duffle bags, hats, jam, cookies, bread. We wandered around the grounds and heard a neat group called Runa Pacha, a group playing folk music from the Andes mountains. They had an male Indian dancer to go with the music.
I did see a couple of neat crafters One man had made dulcimers which were gorgeous. The other was a woman who made dried flower jewelry. On the way out, I saw the grossest thing at the fair: chocolate dipped bacon. I couldn’t believe the sign. A girl walked by, and I asked her to see. It was bacon in a box with a little side container of what looked like chocolate pudding. My brain just wouldn’t go there!
We got home at 3:30. The ham and beans that we had put in the crock pot this morning were not quite done, so we boiled them some more on the stove. I called Tommy, and then it was time to go to the Coachmen Caravan pot luck at the Rally Center here. We ate with the same two couples that we did at our welcoming dinner. One is from NY state, and the other from Georgia. Pleasant dinner companions. The food was excellent and made me wonder why at all pot lucks, the food seems to balance out with enough salads, veggies, entrees. Strange. The hosts provided strawberry shortcake for dessert which was excellent. They had only sliced the strawberries, provided real cake, ice cream and chocolate syrup. They we gathered for a group photo. They took one with my camera.
It was really windy today, and when we got back to our campsite, the row behind us had lost electricity. Poor folks. All of the electricians on standby were out at the Strawberry Festival, so those folks may have to do without for tonight. The Class A’s should be okay, but those without generators are up the creek.
Tomorrow we head off for the Navy Sub base at Kings Bay, St Mary’s GA for two weeks.
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