Summer Time in Destin

You can tell summer is in full swing in Destin because the weather is hot and humid with a 30% chance of thunderstorms every day. The beaches are packed with tourist soaking up the sun and salt air. Big SUV’s are in bumper to bumper traffic with locals complaining about the traffic and Crab Island has hundreds of boats anchored in the watery party spot. I love this time of the year.

Crab Island

Speaking of Crab Island….I have been saying for a few years a crackdown will be coming especially if someone gets killed out there. So far we are lucky no has died but the number of people selling things has continued to grow. It used to be you had the Helen Back boat, Crabisland Mike and some guy in a zodiac selling ice cream. This year there is a house on water selling bait and other things, a giant water trampoline, several other anchored structures and guys in small boats zipping around selling everything from peanuts to cigars. Thankfully the helicopter landing pad moved from Crab Island.

Crab Island

A report in the Destin Log reported the county is now eyeing some type of regulations of the vendors. They are missing out on a lot of tax money I guess. But really this is something you could see coming. When something grows to the scope of the activity that Crab Island is seeing, then right or wrong the government will get involved. It will be interesting to see what comes of it.

Tuesday night Sunshine Cindy and I got out for some dinner. We fought the traffic on Commons Drive and went to Mama Sherry’s. This place is next to Hogs Breath. We sat on the patio right at the edge of the street. It was a great spot to traffic watch. LOL  This is a new place that serves mostly Italian type food. The food was good and they had an excellent happy hour. The owners talked to us. It is a family affair. Mama Sherry used to own several restaurants in the Atlanta area but they decided to move to Destin. They are nice folks. The place never really got too busy. They have their work cut out for them in this saturated restaurant market.

Cruising the Gulf of Mexico

Sunshine Cindy and I then walked next door to Malibu Jacks for a drink. Again we sat outside close to the street. It was a beautiful night and we enjoyed relaxing out there. The entire time we were at the two places, probably about 2 ½ hours, the westbound traffic on 98 was a constant bumper to bumper crawl. Turns out there were two wreaks on 98. One by the new parking lot at Marler Dr. and the other right before the bridge. What a mess that was. Thankfully we had the back roads so we could avoid all that.

Southern Drawl Band

The rest of the week we stayed in as we have a busy weekend coming up. We will be on the harbor Friday night for the Parrot Head meeting at Harry T’s. Sunday Southern Drawl Band is back at Crab Island Cantina at 5 pm. They packed the place a few weeks ago. If you have not heard these guys you need to get to the Cantina Sunday. You will love their show. Check out all the weekend activities on our Crab Island Mambo Weekend Update page: http://www.crabislandmambo.com/Weekend-Update.html

Have a great weekend A full report to follow on Monday. See ya then!