2006 Texas Crab Festival

On Saturday, I attended the 2006 Texas Crab Festival at Crystal Beach, Texas. Mark was assigned to cover it for The Beaumont Enterprise. So, I took my camera to cover it for my blog.

The festival has children's activities, rides and good food.



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Children enjoyed the Crab Race at the festival. The crab looked bit tired when taken from water to participate in the race. You can tell they weren't happy after a few races.




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Two crabs scramble down the chute during the race.




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Bailey Kahla, 3, of Port Bolivar watches the Crab Races.




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A girl ducks under a limbo pole during the limbo competition. That wasn't an easy competition.




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Bobby L. Ray from Beaumont, Texas enjoys working on his Art. He makes wood clocks, as well as gemstone and rock trees.




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Bobby decorates each shipping box by hand. I thought it was very nice of him.




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Bobby works on a wood clock for a customer, who ordered it for Mother's Day.




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This is a nice example of his gemstone and rock trees.




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Howard's Seafood served boiled crab, soft shell crab, crab cakes and gumbo. They had nice crab candles too. :-)




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I ate two of these crab cake sandwiches. They were really good.




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Bay Vue Seafood served boiled crab. It looks very delicious.




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Bay Vue Seafood also served boiled crawfish with boiled potatoes and corn.



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Gator on a stick is very popular in this part of the country. I tried it at the 2005 Texas Gator Fest and didn't like it that much.




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Mr. T's famous Pork-A-Bob's served his famous grilled pork and chicken kebob. They're the best.




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Rufus, 4 months, enjoys the sun while chewing on what looks like a crawfish.