We both love street festivals and try to catch any that are near us. This past weekend, the town of Palatka had their annual Blue Crab Festival. We’re from Maryland, Hon. So naturally, we feel a little possessive about crabs and especially blue crabs. This gave us some apprehension about going 😉 but we decided we just had to investigate! Our concern was spot on. They may have the good sense to use Old Bay, but they BOIL their crabs!! Everyone knows crabs should be steamed. In Beer! Oh the travesty!
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In spite of all this, it was a nice festival with a ton of seafood! There were also several food trucks. We wound up getting a Crabby SOB from Son of a Butcher, along with a side of their “Famous” Garlic Parmesan Fries. They were both really good and the portions were huge, so it was a good thing we split one!
One highlight for us was a helicopter ride (Candi’s first!). It wasn’t long but gave us a nice bird’s eye view of the area.
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There were about 100 vendors there. One thing about living in an RV is you can’t buy much! However, we did buy a pitcher plant. We had never heard of them before but when we heard it would eat bugs we were sold! If we have one complaint about Northern Florida so far it would be the bugs. Both of our legs are covered in bites. The worst bugs seem to be yellow flies. The pain and itch lasts for days, then they turn into blisters – ouch! We have spent a ton of money on repellents and anti-itch lotions and sprays (and now plants!). If we can find something that works it will be worth it.
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Hey Mike, sounds like you’re really living the good life down there. Regarding the yellow flies. My sister and brother in law live in St Augustine and although they don’t get the little buggers where they live, he mentioned a possible solution. He works at Auto Zone and folks are constantly depleting their stock of STP Oil Treatment to build yellow fly traps. They all swear it works like a charm. You have to find a glossy black ball or pail and smear the stuff all over it. Then hang it up, in your case near your camp site. Apparently they are attracted to the glossy black surface and will get stuck and die. Won’t help you much when you’re out and about, but might give you some relief at your site. Here is a youtube link on how to do it. I also found a link to a solution on easing the pain and itch if you do get bit. Hope this helps.
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It’s a blast down here! If you come down to visit within the next 4 months or so shout out and we can see if we can meet up. St. Augustine is about an hour away and we head in every few weeks. Thanks for the info on those damn flies! We’ll try anything … and LOL on the STP shortage 🙂
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