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Country Roads By-ways, Highways and Back Road
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Happy New Year
and welcome to the first
edition of AskAda’s monthly travel news Country
Roads. We’ll
bring you activities and attractions, fine food and dining, information
on lodging, weather, gas prices and best of all the people who live
here. January 2005
brings us to the Costal South in Florida & Alabama.
This month life here is focused on things to do while the beaches
are being re-opened. Mardi Gras parades have started along the coast
from Texas to Florida & visitors are learning the fine art of
catching moon pies and the catch phrase “throw me some beads
mister”. King cakes,
beads of purple, gold & green, specially made costumes and floats
make the tradition exciting. Revelers
of all ages reach for the treasures thrown from the majestic floats. Daily parades, parties and balls, are the highlights of the
next few weeks. This year
Fat Tuesday is on February 8, the day before Lent begins.
Read more about Mardi Gras by clicking on these links.
The History of Mardis Gras http://www.holidays.net/mardigras/story.htm
King Cakes
http://www.holidays.net/mardigras/cake.htm
And talk
about FOOD – Alabama is THE BEST when you are looking for seafood.
Every Friday most restaurants offer a seafood buffet and that
means fresh seafood from the Gulf
of Mexico. Here’s our link to Good Eats in Alabama. http://www.askada.com/goodeatsal.htm
If you are
looking for warm, white
sandy beaches that have re-opened since IVAN came blowing thru, check
out Dauphin Island, Alabama, just south of Mobile. The
daytime temperature is between 60-70 degrees and mostly sunny. The local
sport this month is “coonin’ for oysters” Yes, it is the season
for fresh oysters. On a
mid-morning visit to the shore I met a local woman sitting in the sun on
the tailgate, knitting and
watching her husband who
was coonin’. She filled me in on the details.
It’s called coonin’ because it is very much like the way
raccoons get oysters, along the shoreline, at low tide… making the
process much easier. It’s
also nice to have a boat to throw them in, but a 5 gallon bucket will
work as well for keeping your “catch”. The truth is
that it’s LOTS of fun, AND very good eating, steamed, fried or anyway you
like ‘em.
“A+
Bail Bonds ad: “Come to the Beach on Vacation Leave on Probation”
Linda Tynon “I took
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