Had a great time at the Urbanna Oyster Festival in Urbanna, VA which is roughly an hour-and a very pleasant drive down some really nice roads-from Richmond, VA. My girlfriend was a big fan of this event, so we got in the car and rolled out. Parking on Saturday was $20 (read it was $10 on Friday) and then there was a short walk to the festival over this bridge which was also at the harbor. Lots of boats there, and was fun walking around the harbor. We even got to check out a condo that had an open house, sure would be remarkable to get up in the morning and see this for a view.
There were lots of neat things on display, lots of booths selling products . Some of them, and for that matter other photos from the day can be seen on my Flickr photo site (there is a link to it on my page). Lots of fun events to go see, and enjoyed walking around with my lady. We even got to try some free samples of things (and some of those things...we purchased) and of course as mentioned was fun to walk around the shoreline of the harbor.
Town of Urbanna was founded in 1680 so there were a lot of old buildings to see, and fun to see all the people as well.
Not just people-they had a very cool car show there with some remarkable automobiles and of course a few very cool motorcycles. Liked seeing some of them, and was fun to walk around.
There was a also a very cool "newish" Corvette, but not sure quite what it was. I have a photo of that on Flickr, but also enjoyed a great deal seeing the very old cars such as this one at left. Amazing that some of these cars look almost brand new, as if they had just come out of the factory. I was impressed with the cars there, and we had a great time.
Of course the festival was about Oysters (hence the name) and got this photo of one of the types we had. There were raw, roasted (which is what these were) fried and even a few in sandwiches. Had something called an Oyster Fritter which was really good. There were booths all over the place, and few places had huge lines...and for those who wanted something else there was something else.
They had a lot of fair/carnival sort of food as well including things such as fried Oreo's, but we passed on those, but was fun to see all the things being offered.
Finally, one of the last things was the parade. Lots of cool things, event queens, stunt motorcycles, marching bands...and as in this photo very small trucks driven by a single Shriner. It was a very cool parade and was a nice event was we had done a lot of walking around and eating. Even met some friends at the parade that Kaye had ridden motorcycles with back in the not too distant past.
It was a very fun event, and I am planning to make a return visit in 2014, but can only hope for such a perfect weather day next year. It was a great time and hope you have enjoyed these photos!
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