As we roll on into spring, lets look north across the Savannah River Basin from Historic Savannah for day trip possibilities onto the South Carolina side of the River. In the Beaufort County area we see that all month long, Earth Day is being celebrated. And what better way to celebrate than to get those taste buds watering over the area's two favorite Seafood Delicacies, Soft Shell Crabs and Steamed Oysters. While April is the last month to partake of this local May River shellfish, courtesy of the Bluffton Oyster Company and Pepper's Porch just across the street, Bluffton's Oyster Company should be hopping about now with the first of those tasty soft shelled crabs.
And while we are on the subject, the 2009 6th Annual Soft Shell Crab Festival is scheduled for 18 April, 2009 from 12 till 5pm, Paris Avenue out on Port Royal. There will be plenty of entertainment by the ever popular beach music shag bands The Showmen as well as Fatback, not to mention a classic car and truck display that same weekend.
Not going to be in the area on either weekend? No problem, try the next one back over in Bluffton for the popular farmers market, as always as they celebrate the rights of spring. Earth Day will be a good time to help educate all of Beaufort County about good water quality as the Friends of the Rivers founder and one of the state’s first certified Master Naturalists likes to double emphasize every spring. Starting to make the connection between tasty and fresh in an eco-friendly environmental kind of way?
Back to the fresh seafood festival and grown locally produce where we started with all of this. If you miss these first two events, come on back out to Beaufort the weekend after that for the Taste of Beaufort Seafood Festival on May 2nd. We always be about the good eats in the Lowcountry!
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