Square Grouper in Destin

This has been a week of playing catch up since I got home. A lot of things are going on in Destin now that it is summer. For one the tourist are here in full force. The economy looks pretty good judging by the number of people spending big bucks to come to Destin. Our roads, restaurants, bars and shops are packed. The harbor boardwalk area is full of folks from Crab Island Cantina all the way to the yacht club. A lot of people have money to spend.

Tuesday I met Sunshine Cindy for lunch at Friday’s. Rick was working and as soon as I walked in he congratulated me on the engagement. That was nice. Sunshine Cindy met me and we had lunch. After lunch I went home to finish unpacking and taking care of everything from the trip.

Cheers!

Tuesday night we went to Landshark Pizza. We wanted to get some of the wedding plans in place. Sue, James and Becca were working. Brian was on his usual bar stool. Sunshine Cindy and I grabbed a table. We spent time making plans. We have a date in May in mind. If we can secure the location we want to hold the wedding it we will make it official. It was a nice evening. As we left, there was still a lot of traffic on the roads as people were coming and going.

Wednesday was spent at home. I had Crab Island Mambo work to do and I wanted to watch the start of the hockey finals between Chicago and Boston. I expected a great game and I was not disappointed. This is going to be a fantastic series.

Crab Island Girls

The big news in Destin this week was the Square Grouper caught off the East Pass in the Gulf of Mexico. Square Groupers are more command down in the Keys but we get some up here from time to time. Square Grouper is not a fish but rather a bale of drugs packaged into waterproof bricks and wrapped in a bale. Some fisherman found this bale floating in the Gulf and brought it to the Coast Guard station. It had 25 Kilo’s of cocaine worth an estimated $2.5 million. That is a big haul taken off the streets.

The other news on the restaurant/bar front is the old Club Overboard sale to A.J. Tusa, who owns Crazy Lobster and several other places in town, is not going forward with purchasing the building. The For Sale sign is back up as this place continues to stay empty.

Parrothead Fun!

Crab Island Mambo with the ECPHC will have a beach-up this Saturday at Beachwalk #2 on Okaloosa Island. Come out and join us. Clean-up starts at 9:30 with a beach party to follow.

Have a great weekend. See ya Monday!