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We’re spending some family time down at the coast….and realized that this extravaganza of pure American/SETX-ness is happening nearby. So, we of course had to check it out. We opted for the day shift - yes, the night shift will have Stoney LaRue playing, with lotsa beer, but we didn’t plan on spending a lot of time there.

 

I will share the experience with you via photos.

 

Was it a hot, swampy, sludgy mess, that made you feel like you were walking around inside Satan’s sweaty ass crack? Oh yes.

 

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Were there classy carnies and their games to win cheap Chinese toys? Of course.

 

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More slices of ‘Murica to follow…..

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Plenty of arts and craps!

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And there’s more….when I get better reception later, you’ll see an aggy’s dream….

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BTW…”Shyanne” may be my favorite. With that name, you’re born to work the pole.

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A booth had some pretty sweet duck calls. Pricey, but they were solid.

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Some of the SETX….ummm….locals.

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My daughter wasn’t going to keep the pink stuffed owl - made a little girl happy.

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And for our aggy friends…..

Ponies painted up like street hookers:

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Want some tasty grub?

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I call this “of course there was a giant dead roach as we walked out:”

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And as a postscript…why I will never stop being at least a little SETX: “earl, the back windah unit is ‘bout to fall down!” “”Not anymore it ain’t.”

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

And as a postscript…why I will never stop being at least a little SETX: “earl, the back windah unit is ‘bout to fall down!” “”Not anymore it ain’t.”

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you can’t put a price on good craftsmanship. 

I did a 5 year stint in SE Texas, you captured it beautifully. I'm sure that last pic, if you looked left or right, you would have found some used tires, holding just enough water to nourish an angry flock of mosquitoes. 

I guessed this was in Cove or Wallisville  before looking it up.  1st hunch was Anahuac, but knew nothing would supplant the gator festival. 

58 minutes ago, Reagan1k said:

I guessed this was in Cove or Wallisville  before looking it up.  1st hunch was Anahuac, but knew nothing would supplant the gator festival. 

 

come on man, clute 

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come on man, clute 

GLAMOROUS Clute.

The gumbo at Lake Jackson Seafood is solid, though. There are gems to be found.

Alligator Sausage on a Stick  Cajun Shrimp Explosion would be a great name for a band.

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Did yall enjoy any mosquito burgers

 

1 hour ago, 52-80 said:

Did yall enjoy any mosquito burgers

 

Why did I watch that right as my wife is putting biscuits and breakfast sausage patties on the table. Now I am gonna have to skip breakfast. 

<side note = nah, I'm good. Not skipping breakfast.>

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Why did I watch that right as my wife is putting biscuits and breakfast sausage patties on the table. Now I am gonna have to skip breakfast. 


Quitter. At least your wife doesn’t look like any of the gals in my pics above. She doesn’t, right?

Think I would've hung out at the duck call tent for a bit more.  

12 hours ago, Brisketexan said:


GLAMOROUS Clute.

The gumbo at Lake Jackson Seafood is solid, though. There are gems to be found.

Wursthaus in downtown LJ is good

Lake Jackson native here.  Have been to more of these things than I care to think about.  Do they still have the contest for guys to see who has the most mosquito-like legs?

Festivals like these  pretty much all look the same now.  You could have told me these were photos from the Shrimporee in Aransas Pass and I would have believed you.  Same sketchy-looking rides, same food booths, same booths hawking crap that no one really needs, music acts all cut from the same mold...I am guessing no matter where you go in this great state of ours that you can find a festival like this if that is what you are seeking.

I have also come to the conclusion that if your area needs rain, all you have to do is schedule a festival like this.  It is almost a guarantee that staging a festival like this will ensure a torrential downpour shortly before or during the festival.  I am not a music festival guy, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the same caveat applies.

Oh....

 

I thought you were describing the 2 weeks I just spent in Port Mansfield where the fucking mosquitoes outnumbered the population of China and India combined.

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Lake Jackson native here.  Have been to more of these things than I care to think about.  Do they still have the contest for guys to see who has the most mosquito-like legs?
Festivals like these  pretty much all look the same now.  You could have told me these were photos from the Shrimporee in Aransas Pass and I would have believed you.  Same sketchy-looking rides, same food booths, same booths hawking crap that no one really needs, music acts all cut from the same mold...I am guessing no matter where you go in this great state of ours that you can find a festival like this if that is what you are seeking.
I have also come to the conclusion that if your area needs rain, all you have to do is schedule a festival like this.  It is almost a guarantee that staging a festival like this will ensure a torrential downpour shortly before or during the festival.  I am not a music festival guy, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the same caveat applies.

It was absolutely a “generic Texas festival” with all of the standard shit. I think they had the skeeter legs contest that night, and that’s about the only thing “Mosquito” about it. Except for, you know, all the mosquitos in the area.
3 hours ago, ScottS said:

Lake Jackson native here.  Have been to more of these things than I care to think about.  Do they still have the contest for guys to see who has the most mosquito-like legs?

Festivals like these  pretty much all look the same now.  You could have told me these were photos from the Shrimporee in Aransas Pass and I would have believed you.  Same sketchy-looking rides, same food booths, same booths hawking crap that no one really needs, music acts all cut from the same mold...I am guessing no matter where you go in this great state of ours that you can find a festival like this if that is what you are seeking.

I have also come to the conclusion that if your area needs rain, all you have to do is schedule a festival like this.  It is almost a guarantee that staging a festival like this will ensure a torrential downpour shortly before or during the festival.  I am not a music festival guy, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the same caveat applies.

 Brazoswood 91. You? 
 

1 hour ago, brown water said:

 Brazoswood 91. You? 
 

1992.

20 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Alligator Sausage on a Stick  Cajun Shrimp Explosion

Going on all month at Red Lobster

Awesome.  I’ve been to this festival.  It was spectacular.   Had fried Twinkies and Oreos. Washed them down with Budweiser.   Stayed for the musical act.  It was somebody good just don’t remember.   

I should have had you buy me one of those roach clips with the dangling feathers. 

I went one year with the wife, saw stoney larue and Casey Donahue band, I fucking had a blast. Great to see it hasnt changed much

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5 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

I should have had you buy me one of those roach clips with the dangling feathers. 

"One?"

On 8/1/2021 at 7:27 AM, 52-80 said:

Did yall enjoy any mosquito burgers

 

I am not sure what I just watched.

Just now, Anastasis said:

I am not sure what I just watched.

A paleo diet

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