Bluffton Farmer's Market and more sunset pictures
Of course, I could’ve scheduled our day-trip to Savannah for any day of the trip, but I purposely chose Thursday because that is the day of the
Bluffton Farmers Market and we’d be coming right through there on the way back to Hilton Head.
We parked on May River Road, and then walked the rest of the way, turning and walking down Calhoun Street to the market. Judy was immediately drawn to the fresh blueberries and blackberries, and bought some of each.
In an area off to the side they had a lot of prepared foods and I was really tempted to get some barbecue or other enticing goodies, but we were nearing the end of our week in the villa and really needed to work on finishing off some of the groceries we’d bought. I compromised by getting some pasta to go with the meatballs I’d bought at Fresh Market on our first day. This pasta vendor had quite a nice selection to choose from:
I went with the saffron pasta, ‘cause when else am I going to get that?
Then Judy completely photobombed my shot of the pasta vendor. Oh well, at least you might still be able to read some of his offerings.
Hmm, I didn’t notice “Dirty Monkey” until now. That sounds…intriguing.
Oh, that reminds me though. There was a restaurant we passed while driving to the market that had a great name. It sounded like a place right out of one of
@Captain_Oblivious' trip reports: The Squat ‘n Gobble. Wish I’d gotten a picture. Maybe this year I can try to get one.
Anyway, we didn’t stay too long, and on the way out I held up the camera to get a shot of the vendor tents along Calhoun Street.
We got back at the suite around 4pm, and Judy served up our berries. We couldn’t wait to try them.
And got dinner ready.
More of these for dessert.
Then Judy remembered that we had some moscato in the fridge and wondered how that would go with the berries.
Oh my gosh people! We were afraid that the berries might make the wine taste tart, or vice versa, but they went together like peanut butter and jelly. Like sauerkraut and pork. Like bacon and…anything! It was something straight out of “Ratatouille”, I tell ya!
You
must try this.
Don’t do the math on whether we waited a half-hour before going swimming, but it was still early so we headed over to the pool. On the way, I showed Judy where the movies are shown. They have an inflatable screen that goes on the cement pad in front of all of the benches, and the projection equipment and what-not is in the cabinet there in the middle. Pretty cool setup.
Does this count as my hundred-and-first shot of the Mercantile building? I’m not sure if it counts since you can’t really see the Mercantile itself.
Maybe I hadn’t waited long enough after eating before going swimming after all.
We hung out for almost an hour and a half. I logged my trip notes into my phone, swam, went down the slide, hit hot tub, read, and then we heard some thunder so left a little after 7.
It looked nasty out but never rained. Later on, I went out to try to get some more sunset shots.
I was trying a bunch of different camera settings, experimenting. So if it looks like it’s getting lighter out, I must have lengthened the shutter speed. Trust me, this was a sun
set.
I have so many shots that are only slightly different, so I feel pretty good about whittling it down to these several shots to include in the trip report!
I like the blues and pinks in this tree silhouette.
And with that, another vacation day was done. Tomorrow would be our last full day at Hilton Head.
Up next: How about another beach day?
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, but the shrimp (even with the grits) sounds heavenly.
But I do agree.
Glad to have you aboard.
Well played sir... well played.
And there's a Saturday farmer's market down the road a piece, but it's not nearly as good as this one in Bluffton.
Nah - It is all good. Swim when you want. 
