Foley Alabama and its Heritage Harbor Days

Foley is a city of about 8000 only 10 miles from our campground.  We attended Heritage Harbor Days in the square downtown.  It was a mix of music, crafts, food and a celebration of their local farm and fishing heritage.  Everything from old tractors and wooden boats to sugar cane processing was on display.

The sellers were selling and some buyers were buying.

There were samples of various flavors of pork rinds to be had, kettle corn, BBQ, coconut shrimp on a stick,  deep fried candy bars, deep fried Oreos etc. etc.

We didn't succumb to the temptations.  We did find a very interesting exhibition of the historical processing of sugar cane.  This is the raw sugar cane:

The cane was then processed by squeezing out the cane juice:

The juice was funnelled into a bucket.  The foam is then skimmed off to processed as molasses.  The cane juice is a brown liquid tasting like sugar water.  Add a little grape flavoring and you have grape Kool Aid. 

We left feeling a little bit hungry after smelling all the concoctions for sale.  While walking back to where we had parked, we stumbled upon an old Stacey's Rexall Drug store and soda fountain.

 Walking in we felt we were back in the heydays of soda fountains.  Stacey's opened in 1929 and it is doubtful whether it has ever changed.  We ordered sandwiches (BBQ on a bun and Egg Salad) and drinks (chocolate malt and Sour Lemon).  It was a great spot to relax.

And, if you look closely in the upper left corner of the above photo, coffee is a whopping 10 cents.  But it is self service--drinkers need to get a cup and go  behind the counter to pour one themselves.   Stacey's is also a full service pharmacy which makes deliveries in a 1931 Model A! 

The good old days?