XKT and Rosie left the Outer Banks Monday morning
about 9:15.
I saw a bald eagle.
And several nests.
I don't think they were osprey nests.
Osprey nest are rag-tag.
The nests I saw were neat and collected.
XKT believes these trees
were killed during one of the recent hurricanes.
Princess Anne, Maryland.
We stop for lunch.
We stopped and asked a cop where to eat
and he recommended a couple of places on the main drag.
We stopped at one and the smell of pizza overwhelmed us.
We were not in a pizza frame of mind.
We went back to the car
and a gentleman who'd been at the restaurant's
outdoor table asked us if we were looking for a place to eat.
He recommended this seafood restaurant,
Beach To Bay Seafood.
And he asked us who was the Mason,
since XKT has a Mason sticker on her car.
After giving the gentleman the secret Mason handshake,
XKT thanked him for his suggestion,
and we went on our merry way to Beach to Bay.
XKT had the jumbo lump crab cake.
Full of jumbo lump crab meat.
No shells and not much filler except for the crab.
There was a flavor in there - an herb -
that XKT couldn't place.
But she loved her crab cake.
Naturally,
I'm having entree-envy.
When will I ever learn?
Rosie, do NOT order the damn tuna steak.
Cole slaw good.
French fries extra crispy and delish.
Tuna sucked.
Over-cooked.
Dry.
Tough.
It had obviously been marinated
and I could taste a citrus flavor in it
and something else.
Just no tuna.
I had the Maryland Crab Soup.
It was served at approximately 211 degrees.
Not bad once I worked through the heat.
And here's my "medium-rare" tuna.
Wish I'd ordered fried.
Fried anything.
Note to Rosie:
Stop ordering the damn grilled tuna
since nobody can grill a proper tuna.
Go with the fried.
Please, don't let my experience with the tuna
deter you from trying this place.
The chowder is some of the best I've ever had.
Just wish I'd ordered fried oysters.
Or the clam strips.
We talked with the owner and he's getting ready
to mass-produce his soups and marinades
under "Captain's Choice" label.
They'll be in a WalMart (and other supermarkets)
near you, very soon.
We made it to Kennett Square, PA.,
and a Hilton Garden for the night.
My desk was right next to the AC
and XKT had to take this picture of me
watching Dancing With The Stars
with my laptop and glass of wine
as I assured her I was NOT cold.
She wanted to get a picture of my pretzeled legs,
which apparently were blue,
but I had to draw the line somewhere.
Where to next?
Longwood Gardens
and
Winterthur.
Auntie Rosie, tell us again how you threw your clutch in the middle of the Chesapeake tunnel back when the tunnel was new? ;-)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to hear what you think of Longwood and Winterthur.
ReplyDeleteI'm still waiting for my own conservatory, though!
Marion, why did you have to bring that experience up?
ReplyDeleteMarilyn, Longwood and Winterthur were amazing. Only shot 800+ pics, so it may be a while until I post.