The Day after the Pilgrimage

  As I mentioned before, this past weekend was our town’s biggest single event of the year.  It’s known as The Pilgrimage and this year the dates were 4-6 April.  The festival has various exhibits.  This year, there was an art show, a display of restored old tractors, vintage Thunderbirds, and last but not least corvettes.  To add to the festivities, local civic organizations were grilling pork loins for lunch.  An excellent meal followed up by a nice cup of Blue Bell ice cream.  But the stars of the show are the beautiful homes and gardens.  The first full weekend in April is the target date for the event and is based on expected peak show of the town’s beautiful Southern gardens.  I will say that I believe the peak was earlier last week, about Tuesday or Wednesday but the show was still spectacular on Friday. Unfortunately, it rained cats and dogs on Saturday (we got 4.75 inches) and this caused a significant decrease in visitors for what is usually our biggest day, as well as beating down some of the shrubs.  At any rate, the flowering shrubs and trees did their best to make this a wonderful weekend for tourists and residents alike.  So, with no further introduction, here are pictures of the stars of the show.

                 

The Pilgrimage

I live in a small town in South East Alabama. Eufaula to be precise. This is the week of the town’s annual festival entitled ‘The Pilgrimage’. It is an all consuming event for the town with many of our old Victorian homes opened to the public. Although there are only a few of the many homes on display, it requires the work of many to get these homes ready to show, man them during the open house, and to accomplish the many other tasks required to get them ready to show. In addition to the open house event, there are antique sales, craft fairs, art displays, and many other interesting events. Many of the streets in our historic district will be closed. One of the key attractions this time of the year are the Spring flowers. You can see a sampling in the picture of our home. If you are looking for something fun to do the first weekend in May, come and visit Eufaula, AL. It’s a great little town.