Drive past the corner of Orange and Broad on a Thursday around 2:15 in the afternoon and you'll see the truck tailgates already lined up. Coolers of Slocomb tomatoes. Flats of peaches with the fuzz still on them. A hand-lettered sign for boiled peanuts. By 2:30 the pavilion is open, and by 4:00 the good watermelons are gone. If you learned Eufaula from a travel article, you probably think summer here is about the lake. It is, partly. But the actual week has a shape, and the shape isn't set by the tournaments or the festivals. It's set by a handful of small, recurring appointments most visitors never see.
This post is a working calendar for the resident who wants to spend July and August like a local rather than like someone on vacation.
The Thursday Anchor
The Eufaula Farmers Market runs Thursdays at the pavilion on the corner of Orange and Broad, starting in the afternoon and holding through the summer under the Alabama Cooperative Extension office at 111 South Orange Street.
