I’m guessing the peaches in Stratford have to be pretty darn good to bring a couple thousand people out in the 100-plus degree heat this past Saturday, including me.
Now, to be honest, I have never heard of the town of Stratford or their abiding love of peaches, but attending a whole festival dedicated to the fuzzy-faced fruit sounded like quite the good time, to me at least. Located about 20 miles east of Pauls Valley, the backwoods burg of Stratford is very much the quintessential one-horse town—make that one-fruit town—with everything from peach stands to peach orchards dotted on down the road.