Tuesday, August 10, 2010

yarmouth clam festival.........45th annual

always on the third friday in july, in the charming coastal village of yarmouth is held the countries biggest clam festival........ what we ate: fried wholebelly clams . capt'n eli's ice cream floats . lime rickey's . fish chowder . more wholebelly clams and another lime rickey........ we watched the maine state clam shucking contest (celebrity showdown)....... new's 8- shannon moss & norm karkos . news 6- bill green & caroline cornish . news 13- doug rafferty & erin ovalle........... we then went on to the 38th annual diaper derby, fortunately zander was tuckered and didn't want to participate in the derby even though he has the 7th generation nation behind him, supporting him the entire way.... maybe next year...........! so instead of the diaper derby we headed over to have PJ do zander's first caricature...... his hair was in raw form........ a few facts about this clam fest: more than 6,000lbs of clams are eaten . 13,500 lime rickey's are drank . 6,000 lobster rolls are eaten . 400 homemade pies are consumed & 6,000 strawberry shortcakes are devoured throughout the weekend event........ we really enjoyed our time at the yarmouth clam fest and will return year after year....