Monday, May 5, 2014

Destin Drying Out

After the deluge we received in Destin on Wednesday, we are slowly drying out. There is still some water sitting in places it is not supposed to be but with sunshine and warm temps everything is getting back to normal.

A lot of rain fell on Wednesday morning

Thursday night Sunshine Cindy stayed home but I went down to Crab Island Cantina to meet up with some Parrot Head friends. Mark and Stephanie had a visitor for the weekend. Char, who is on the national Parrot Head BOD, came into town Wednesday night to spend a few days with them. Mark had to work but I met Stephanie and Char. Val was taking good care of us as she has done many times before. The Calypso Nuts were schedule to perform but cancelled due to the weather so it was quieter than normal.

Capt. John came in not knowing the Nuts’ were cancelled. He joined us. We had a fun evening catching up with Char. Char is from the Columbus, Ohio area. Her husband was also in Florida but down south and he was playing golf. With the storms, Char almost didn’t get in. She was hours late but finally did arrive. Some on her flight had to sleep in the airport all night as no earlier flights made it in. That had to be terrible. While we were there Char got a message from her husband wondering where his underwear was. Turns out he left them behind. That lead to a good joke the next day.

 Here is Steve's underwear! LOL

We were all back at Crab Island Cantina on Friday night for our “Embrace the Chaos! Trop Rock Music Series at The Cantina” with Gene Mitchell performing. During the day Char and Stephanie went out and bought some underwear. They brought it to the Cantina and had me hold it up. They sent the picture to Char’s husband Steve saying they found his underwear. Needless to say I had a few strange looks as I held that up! It was a fun evening at The Cantina. Gene did a great job. Sunshine Cindy and I ended the night with a Waffle House stop. Love the scattered, smothered and covered!

Gene Mitchell

Saturday was our Mambo and ECPHC beach cleanup. I was on the beach by 9:15 am. Sunshine Cindy stayed home to work on wedding stuff. She is in full wedding mode right now. I learned something new from a life guard who was putting up the warning flags. The Gulf was as calm as I had ever seen it but she put up a yellow flag. I asked what it takes to get a green flag. Turns out the water temp has to be at least 75 before they think of putting a green flag out. Very strange but I guess they have reasons.

We had a great time on the beach. There was a little more trash than normal due to the rain and the crews not able to get to the beach but even with that there was not much to cleanup. This is one of the cleanest beaches in the state. The weather was perfect. Kenny brought his kayak. I took a trip out into the Gulf with Loujean. It was a perfect day to be out on the water. The beach party broke up about 4 pm.

Wayne and Loujean taking the kayak out

A lot was going on in town over the weekend. There was a classic car show on the Island. All kind of hot rods and classic cars were on the roads. Panama City Beach had their motorcycle weekend, Thunder Beach. Thousands of bikers descend on the town. Many of them come through Destin. Morgan’s Sports Complex had some tournaments going on. The area around there was packed. The town was jumping.

When I got home Sunshine Cindy and I headed to Sago Sports Bar for some dinner and a few drinks. We got a booth by the 90 inch TV’s. Tommy came by to say hi and put on the hockey game for us. He sure does know me! LOL  The place was not very crowded. Ashland waited on us. First time we had seen her. She did a good job. Not too long after we were there the place started to fill up with families and lots of kids running around. Turns out the tourney at Morgan’s was a kids soccer event and many of the families were staying at The Palms. It was good to see the place packed.

Loujean on the beach

When we got home we sat out on the back porch for the first time in a long time. The temps were perfect. A nice end to the day.

Sunday we mostly stayed around the house. The wedding is real close and all encompassing now. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel though. Temps are now in the 80’s so it is starting to feel like summer. Finally!

Have a great week. See ya Thursday!

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