Dining along backroads, St. Francis by the Sea Lobster Fest

The trip of ten miles or so from our home to Salter Path, NC was well worth the effort.  It was a beautiful setting, both inside and outside. 

Of course we didn't come the Lobster Festival to enjoy the scenery.  We came to eat Lobsters.

Lobsters have a special meaning to my wife and me.  I cooked Lobsters for my wife on our first date which was over 34 years ago.

And I still have to help her with getting the lobster meat out of the shell.

I was always taught that someone was ate their Lobster claws first likely had a hard time denying themselves anything.  I always eat the tail first.

In September there was another Lobster Fest in Swansboro at their Episcopal church.

They featured home made vegetables with their meals.

The Lobsters at both events had an overnight ride from Portland, Maine. 

The crew cooking & serving obviously  had done this before since every thing moved so smoothly.

It was well organized.  Once you sat down with your plate and vegetables,  They would quickly bring a Lobster and the fun begins. Then after you are done, they clean up after you.  It doesn't get any better than that.

A friend of ours told us they us they sold 840 lobsters today.

There's nothing like a Maine Lobster unless it is one from the Canadian Maritimes.