Friday was the start of the Destin Seafood Festival. This has truly become a community event. The festival stretches all along the boardwalk from the bridge at Crab Island Cantina all the way to the Yacht Club. That’s about one mile of booths, stages for music and activities for the entire family. I heard the crowds on Friday night were wall to wall all night.
Destin Seafood Festival
Saturday Sunshine Cindy and I went to the festival. We got there early, about 11:30 am but the crowds were already huge. Parking is a problem with every vacate spot turned into a parking lot. We paid to park at the AJ’s overflow lot with the proceeds going to the Destin Fishing Museum. That was a good cause. We walked down to Crab Island Cantina and planned to walk to the other end. It was amazing how many folks were walking around. At the Cantina we could see the traffic was backed up across the Destin bridge as everyone was trying to get into town.
We worked our way down the boardwalk. We were running into friends every step of the way. We made a stop at the Boathouse for some lunch. More friends spotted us and stopped to say hello. Gigi made sure we were taken care of with jello shots. Sunshine Cindy and I love the Boathouse. They are like family. After lunch we walked to the end and we bought a craft item. It was a hand painted sign. The owner was the most laid back person I think I have ever met. He was stretched out in a beach chair the entire time we were there. We talked to him about Key West, Put in Bay and all points in between. If we do a mini mart at Put in Bay for Phlocking, he wants to be involved. We shall see. Here is the link for “Phlocking of the Phaithful" where you can register for our Trop Rock event: http://www.crabislandmambo.com/Crab-Island-Mambo-presents-Phlocking-of-the-Phaithful.html
JB on one of the stages
We made a stop at the Monkey Bar. Sherry is the new owner and we had a chance to talk to her. We have known Sherry for a few years. She should do fine. On the stage by the Monkey Bar JB was playing. Tami, Kim and Charley were there so we talked to them for a while. Then we headed home to rest up for the Southern Drawl Band who was playing at KC’s Sandbar later.
Traffic to get out of town was terrible. Good thing I know the back roads. We got to KC’s about 6 pm for the 9 pm show. We ate and relaxed listening to Chris Jackson playing music. The band pulled up in their new bus (really cool) and friends all got there in time for the show. Mike the owner reserved some tables up front for us which was nice. The only down side was it was COLD. This is an outside venue and the temps got down into the low 50’s. That’s too cold! The show was fantastic. Several drunk characters put on a good show too. We finally left about 12:30 am. It was a long day.
The bands new bus is really neat
Sunday we were back on the harbor and Crab Island Cantina for the second Southern Drawl Band show of the weekend. They started at 4 pm. I was able to talk my way into the parking garage as I knew the festival was ending and spots would be open. We had a great time. The sunset was perfect. A big group of friends made it there for the show. We love listening to this band play. Some tourist guy even paid the band to play three extra songs. So we got an encore.
The fishing rodeo is in full swing now. They have their weigh-in’s behind AJ’s. That just added to the crowds this weekend on the docks. Our friend Matt’s son is on the leader board for his age group. Pretty cool.
Southern Drawl Band at Crab Island Cantina
On the island was a volleyball tournament. The island boardwalk area was also packed with cars as we went to KC’s. It looked like a summer weekend day there were so many cars there. Finally a kids soccer tournament was going on in Destin at Morgan’s Sports Center. That meant many more cars and folks were everywhere. Thankfully we had perfect weather for everyone.
We will probably lay low for a few days this week. We have a busy weekend coming up. Have a great week and I will see ya on Thursday!
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