A Taste of Beaufort 2012

It was hot, hot, hot today...low nineties....but Sparky read about a FOOD festival, A Taste of Beaufort--a chance to sample LOTS of different kinds of foods from Beaufort's restaurants. AWESOME!  Food is just food to Eldo, so he didn't really care to go in the heat. Off Sparky went...where's there's a festival, there's FOOD, (can you tell Sparky is a FOODIE? laughs Eldo,) there are little kids to photograph, and usually music. Eldo doesn't care for really different kinds of food, like Thai, or other delectable delights, so Sparky was excited to see some vendors that offered all kinds of different dishes besides the usual burgers and fries...The event was down at Beaufort's Waterfront Park..one of the prettiest city parks we have seen.

Buy a bunch of tickets for 1.00 a piece, and prepare to sample outstanding dishes from where? Decisions, decisions, decisions.....

Now, Sparky is NOT a seafood eater, but she really likes shrimp. So-o-o-o-o...she had shrimp tacos,

shrimp salad on a bun.....

And shrimp spring rolls with balsamic vinagrette....

Time to people watch! Sparky is drawn to babies, as her first grandchild is coming soon....

And small children, who just have so much joy that they exude when they are out in public.....This little girl was enjoying the music of a very good band that was playing....

Here's a butterfly girl....

And for some reason, hula hoops were big today....with the youngsters....in time to the music!

and the mom's....

Everybody was trying to find a shady spot out of the sun.....

It was a great food festival...Sparky just hopes that she doesn't get food poisoning! It was so hot, the vendors couldn't keep the ice going under the bins of food in many locations. Guess the health department monitors that sort of thing...????? Time to head back home and to the comfort of air conditioning...Tomorrow is our last day in Beaufort, and it's gonna be another really hot day...sigh!