Another wet weekend

I want to know who took the “sun” out of the sunshine state! Rain, rain and more rain. Ugh. We still got out and about but we had to dodge the rain to do it. Thursday night Sunshine Cindy went shopping with Tiffany so I had a free evening. After publishing the Crab Island Mambo Mullet Wrapper I headed out for a while. I was going to go to the harbor but the road was gridlocked so I went to Hogs Breath instead. Cam was not working but Becca was behind the bar instead. I asked her where Cam was and she said he was in the hospital. Turns out he was on a jet ski and got cut somehow. He needed stiches and everything seemed okay. A few days later he went back in the water and ended up with a steph infection. He has been in the hospital for a week now. Get well soon Cam. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Chris Hays was playing music. I had not seen Chris for a while. He has a regular gig at the Swizzle Stick in Fort Walton. I used to live within walking distance of the place so I got to see Chris a lot. He is another former Ohio’ian and a big Browns fan too. I had one Hogs Blackened Fish Sandwiches. They have one of the best in town. I made a stop at Sago Sports Bar on the way home. I sat at the outside bar. Becky was working and a decent crowd was around the bar. There was a nice breeze and it was dry so that was a plus.

On Friday it rained on and off all day. Sunshine Cindy and I decided to head to the harbor as it looked like the rain had stopped for a while. We went to Crab Island Cantina. We parked in the parking garage. As we got on Harborwalk we saw Rick and a friend of his. They were on their out. At the Cantina Greg and Kyle were working the bar then Dominic joined them for the evening. Judy came over to say hello and then Carlos also did too. They had a good crowd there despite the threat of bad weather. A few times we saw streaks of lightning over the gulf.

The road was flooded in front of Wayne's condo

After pigging out on some great food and a shot of top shelf tequila, we walked down to The Boathouse. On the way there as we passed AJ’s. Many of the power boats were tied up to the docks in anticipation of the poker run on Saturday. A lot of money was sitting in the water right there. As we walked up to The Boathouse, Kerby was at the bar. Jager was behind the bar and told us how much he enjoyed the article I did naming him our Bartender of the Month for Aug. Kenny and Leanna were at a table with Tommy and a friend of his from California, Brian. At one point I hear a crash and Brian was on the ground. Someone moved off the bench he was on and over he went. Funny thing is he hardly had anything to drink yet. LOL Luckily he was not hurt.

More people came up that we knew. Bruce and Brian from Landshark were there. Coach was there. Suzanne was inside and saw us and came out to say hello. Courtney greeted me with a big hug. It was like a family reunion. While there it started to rain again. A heavy shower lasted for quite a while. We didn’t care. We were having fun. Finally about midnight the party was winding down and Sunshine Cindy and I headed home.

Jan playing in Wayne's condo

On Saturday we were supposed to have a beach cleanup. That didn’t happen due to the weather. It was raining when we woke up and it didn’t stop all day. We ended up with about 6 or 7 inches of rain just on Saturday. Some of us did get together at Wayne’s condo on the island. We had food and drinks so we made it a party. Jan even broke out his guitar and played a few songs. It was a fun “plan B.”

Steve and Debbie from Panama City

Sunday was a party at the Tipsy Turtle with Jan also playing there. We actually had the sun poke out a few times but then we also had some dark clouds and rain around us. We had a nice turnout despite the threat of rain. Steve and Debbie came all the way from Panama City too. It was great seeing them. Jan was able to play till about 3:30 when a big storm blew in. We managed to get all his equipment covered and nothing got damaged. It poured for about 20 or 30 minutes. We all huddled under the tiki hut and the few umbrella’s we had. I was soaked from helping Jan so it didn’t matter. One thing about Parrotheads and the Mambo’ians, we do know how to have a good time no matter what Mother Nature throws at us.

Later in the evening Julie, Kenny, Jan, Sunshine Cindy and myself stopped at The Boathouse for some food. It was a perfect cap to the day and the weekend. Have a great week. See ya Thursday!