Independence Day

What a great Independence Day celebration we had. Sunshine Cindy and I got an early start of it Tuesday. The traffic was terrible trying to get home from work. I think half the country was in town. We decided to not try and get out except to head for Landshark Pizza to eat and hang out a little. As we pulled into the parking lot it was crowded. The place is not very big and as we walked up we could tell it was packed. We were surprised to see Julie, Kim and Kathy were there at the bar. I guess we all had the same idea. There was one seat that Sunshine Cindy took and I stood. Our friend Matt from Tipsy Turtle was making the pizza’s. They do it right in front of you so we had fun with him. We had a lot of fun there and the food is great. Matt told us later that was their busiest night ever. He made 69 pizza’s in just a few hours. Wow. When we left we hit the Rotten Apple as we had not been there for a while. A good crowd was there as it was poker night. After a couple of beers it was time to head home.

Landshark Pizza - That's our group to the right

On Wednesday Wayne came over to join us. We decided to hit the harbor before going to a party at Rick and Jane’s house to watch the fireworks. We stopped, got a beer from Becca at the Turtle then headed to Harry T’s. We stopped and talked to Steve at the Hawaiian Ice both. He told us he sold another of our Crab Island Mambo T-shirts. Look out world, here we come! lol  We hit the upstairs bar at Harry T’s and watched the boat traffic on the harbor. It was clouding up as a storm was coming. Boats started pouring into the harbor. There was some lightening off in the distance. It started to rain but not heavy. And it keep raining. We walked back to the Turtle. Matt was now behind the bar. They were having a band that night and was nervous because of the rain. But the rain stopped and it looked like it was going to be a good night.

Off to Rick and Jane’s for the fun there. Wayne decided to head home to miss the traffic since he had to work Thursday. Rick and Jane live right off the jetties where they shoot the fireworks off from. We had a front row seat at the pool from the condo that is in the sub division. Larry, Mort, Mary and Larry’s son and daughter in-law who live in Hong Kong all were there. We had plenty of snacks and drinks. It was a great time. The fireworks were great. We enjoyed ourselves.

The Pointe was packed on the 4th

Thursday ended up being a boating day with Sunshine Cindy’s daughter. We took the boat out to Crab Island. It was not too crowded. There were a couple of boats tied off close to us. They were blasting Buffett music. Of course Sunshine Cindy had to go talk to them. There were some locals and they had friends from Shreveport, LA. Somehow the conversation mentioned the BVI’s and Cindy mentioned our friend Eric Stone. They heard him play there and loved him. When she told them we had booked Eric for August 25th they were excited and said they would be there. Pretty cool. We ended up going into the harbor and parking on the Pointe and swimming there for a while. Another storm was brewing so we headed back across the bay. We got back, got the boat cleaned up and was on the patio right as the rain hit. It was a monsoon for a while. Then like normal Florida weather it was over and home we headed.

Sunshine Cindy talking to a tourist from Savannah, GA

The weekend continues. Check back Monday for a full report. Till then…..