Memorial Day Weekend in Destin

What a fun weekend we had in Destin for the Memorial Holiday Weekend. It started out Thursday night. Jeff, Robbin, Judie and Kelly were still in town. We all met up with Wayne at Harry T’s. It was happy hour. Harry T’s has a great happy hour and Chris took good care of us. We then went upstairs for the sunset. The group went to Dewey Destin’s for dinner but Sunshine Cindy and I stayed back. We made a stop at Crab Island Cantina. Greg was working and we talked to him for a while. Then we made a last stop at Margaritaville before heading home.

Group pic at Margaritaville

Friday started the madness in Destin as the tourist descended on our town. I made a trip to the harbor in the afternoon to stop by Harbor Gifts. Tom and Sandy were not open yet so I stopped by Matt’s booth and chatted with him for a while. I then went to The Crust Pizzeria. Charlie apologized for missing the wedding but he was too busy to get away. I told him not to worry, I was glad he was busy! I had a slice of pizza for lunch and then headed to Landshark to make sure everything was in order for our Sunday party. Brian had it all under control.

Happy Hour at Harry T's

In the evening Sunshine Cindy and I met Julie at Sago. Except it is no longer Sago. It is now called Chips. Damon sold out and Chip is now the owner. He is adding breakfast in a few weeks and the kitchen will be open late. They have ½ price drinks for locals all day every day now. They were remodeling now. It will be interesting to see what it ends up being like. We ate and the food is still good. We sat on the outside patio. There was a nice breeze. Capt. John joined us. It was a relaxing evening.

Saturday was the 19th annual Bobby and Darla Memorial Holiday party at their house. They do a crawfish boil, have music, volleyball, a pool….yes, it is a blast. Jeff Brewer and the Camaro’s played. A ton of food was consumed. Bobby gave a moving speech honoring our vets and active duty service members including his own two boys. It was a fun and moving time as always.

Bobby giving his moving speech

Sunday we had our Crab Island Mambo and Landshark Pizza BTSHTF party at Landshark. Jan Patton played for us. Brian and James boiled up a mess of crawfish. Jim and Barb brought a ton of jello shots. The weather was great. You could not ask for a better time. We didn’t have to fight the crowds at the beach or the pools. It was a great Sunday afternoon.

The crawfish were getting ready

After the party Julie invited a group of us back to her house to swim and have some hot dogs. I bought a Landshark Pizza to take with us to go with the hot dogs. The pool water temp was at 90 degrees but it was refreshing. We had Jan, Kenny, Wayne, Suzanne, Russ, Julie, Mike and of course our host Julie all there. It was a perfect end to the weekend!

Don’t forget to take a moment today and say a prayer for our troops who are protecting us so we can celebrate this holiday. Without them and our vets we would be able to have the good times that we do. Enjoy the holiday. Have a great week. See ya Thursday!