The walking tours and oyster roasts cost $35 each.

Other activities for visitors include hunting, oyster roasts, beach combing and birding.

Mr. North left the news conference to attend an oyster roast in Urbana, northeast of Richmond, his only other campaign stop of the day.

An R in the month means it's the season for oyster roasts, popular with kids for their bundled-up and convivial outdoor settings.

That can mean losing the invitation to the annual oyster roast.

Admisson to the oyster roast and a tour of the house, about 10 miles north of the city, is $25.

Extra layers of long underwear and socks, chattering teeth, and numb toes would only make it a truer homage to Lowcountry oyster roasts.

An oyster roast is offered, as is a gala at the Russell House.

Early this spring, I kicked off the season at the Georgia Conservancy's oyster roast near Savannah, Ga.

He has tended to go to places where he would be assured a crowd, be it a high school or an oyster roast.