So much rain fell in Destin this past weekend I saw animals lining up two by two. From Saturday afternoon through Sunday night almost 10 inches of rain fell in Destin. It just kept coming and coming. Thankfully our sandy soil drains pretty fast. This week we will be drying out I’m glad to say.
We can also tell that Spring is on the way to Destin. Pollen is collecting on the cars already. You drive off and a yellow cloud blows off the car. But I am ready for Spring. It can’t get here too soon.
Sunshine Cindy and I had a fun weekend. Friday night was our monthly parrot head meeting at Landshark Pizza. A big crowd partied to Cajun music as we warmed up for Mardi Gras. A good time was had by all and a lot of money was raised for our charity.
Saturday was the Mardi Gras parade in Harborwalk Village. With the threat of rain, they cancelled the parade on Friday night. But the parrot heads decided to still show up and do a Mardi Gras pub crawl. About 15 of us started at Crab Island Cantina then we moved on to Harry T’s.
When we left the Cantina, some kids saw us and wanted beads. Their mothers were so appreciative of us giving them some beads they wanted to take a picture of us and the kids. About this time the little train that rides around Harborwalk Village came by and instead of waiting 20 seconds so the picture could be taken, the lady driving the train kept ringing her bell and just about ran us over while hollering for us to move. She could have easily hit one of those kids as they were excited and not paying attention to her. We will be having a chat with Harborwalk management about the actions of this driver. It was uncalled for and could have caused injuries.
Harry T’s was crowded but Dan was happy to see us. From there we went to Jackacuda’s where the bartender accused me of not paying for my beer even though others saw the money on the bar. After we left she found the money and sent word to apologize. It was only her second day and I thought she was going to walk out when our rowdy group came in. I hope in the future she looks closer before accusing someone.
The rest of the crawl was uneventful. We made stops at Margaritaville, AJ’s and Tailfins. It was a blast and a few of us ended up at The Crust for dinner. It was a fun day!
Needless to say with all the rain on Sunday we never left the house. I had to empty the pool a couple times as it was about to overflow. Other than that we watched a lot of TV and just relaxed.
Last week the Destin City Council approved new hours on when you can and cannot buy alcohol in the city. It used to be you had to wait till 1 pm on Sunday to buy any kind of alcohol from a store. They have amended it so you will now be able to buy alcohol on Sunday the same as any other day of the week which is after 7 am. Finally Destin takes a positive step forward.
There was not much else new around town this week. It’s a slow time with just snowbirds in town. Enjoy Fat Tuesday and don’t forget about Valentine’s Day on Wednesday. I don’t want anyone getting into the dog house! See ya next Monday!
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