Monday, August 11, 2014

Destin is hot…hot…hot!

I think we have hit the peak of the heat for this summer. Last week was the hottest of the summer. Temps all week were in the low 90’s with high humidity giving us heat indexes in the mid 100’s. It’s August. It’s Destin. It’s supposed to be hot so we don’t complain….at least I don’t cause I love the heat.

Jason Clark at The Boathouse

Friday was spent on the harbor. Sunshine Cindy and I got parked and walked over to Harry T’s for our Parrot Head meeting. We hung around there for a while. Tiffany was off and she joined us as did Wayne. After a while we all walked down to The Boathouse. Jenny was working the outside bar. Gigi was there and greeted us. Kelly Byrd was finishing up his show and Jason was setting up inside. Jack was sitting at the bar when we walked in. It was good seeing Jack as it’s been a while. He was looking good. I feel bad as I forgot to ask him how his wife Lynn is doing. Next time I won’t forget.

We found a spot along the outside rail where we had a nice breeze. James and Jonele were there and came out and hanged with us. As we were talking to James a guy came up giving away Bud Light koozies. His name was Matt and he is a Bud account executive. We got to talking to him as he might be a good contact for us and our Mambo parties. He bought us a bucket of beer too. We liked this guy! LOL 

 Full moon over The Boathouse


More friends kept showing up. Mermaid Mary and Robin joined us. Then Kenny and Becky showed up. It was a party by this time. Tourist were having fun as Jason kept the crowd going. It’s always a good time at The Boathouse.

Saturday was our Mambo and parrot head beach cleanup. I got to the beach about 9 am to get set up. It was already in the upper 80’s with no breeze at all. Sweat was dripping off me. The Gulf was refreshing this day. We had about 20 people show up. We did our duty cleaning the beach and then we had our usual Mambo party. Big thunderstorms were just inland. We saw lightning and heard thunder but the sun never went away. We got missed by only a few miles but it might as well as been in the next state.

We were in and out of the water and had a great time in the sun. At one point a female life guard rode by on an ATV. Loujean, Kenny and Wayne recognized her from KC’s where she and her girlfriend sang during open mic night. She was really nice and she let Kenny, Wayne and Ray get a picture with her on her ATV. The guys loved it.

Beach cleanup

About 3 pm I headed home to get cleaned up. Sunshine Cindy and I was going to Landshark Pizza to have some dinner and watch the Browns preseason football game. I put on my new Browns hat and we got there about 5:00. The place was busy. Brian was getting off but Sue was working. They are great folks that work their butts off to make the business a success. Julie, Jan and Loujean all came out and joined us. We watched the game. It was the debut of Johnny Manziel for the Browns. He did okay for a rookie playing his first game in the pros.

The Browns lost but it was a fun game. We had pizza and beer. The place was packed all night with a big crowd sitting outside too. It turns out they made and sold more pizza’s Saturday than any other day. A new record was set. Good for them. We did our part!

Sunday was a laid back kind of day. Sunshine Cindy and I went to her parents house in the morning to pick up a chair. While we were there her dad and I managed to cut off a ring that Sunshine Cindy had got stuck on her finger. She was glad to get it off. The rest of day was spent working on Crab Island Mambo stuff. This coming Saturday will be the big announcement of the 2015 Put in Bay Phlocking musical lineup and the opening of registration. This is going to be the party of the year! I can’t wait to tell everyone about it!

Have a great week. See ya Thursday!!!

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