Back home in Destin

Sunshine Cindy and I made it back from our trip to the Keys. We had a great time spending a few days in Key Largo, a week in Key West and a night in the Everglades where I fed many mosquitoes! Going on vacation is nice but it wonderful to be back home in Destin.

Our weather continues to be perfect in Destin. Actually we could use some rain as it’s been well over a month since we had any significant rain here. Our highs have been in the 70’s and lows in the 50’s. I will take it for this time of the year.

We got out and about a little this past weekend. Friday night was our Parrot Head meeting at Landshark Pizza. I went but Sunshine Cindy stayed home to recover from our trip. It was a fun time with the Rowdies playing music for us. A good crowd was there enjoying the music and Veteran’s day as we celebrated the Vet’s we have in the club.

Saturday morning we stopped at IHOP for breakfast. This was actually the second time in a week we went to an IHOP after never being in one before. We stopped at one in Lake City for lunch on our way home. It was so good we stopped at our IHOP in Ft. Walton Beach for breakfast. They serve some of the biggest omelet’s we have ever seen. Be warned if you decide to have breakfast there!

Saturday afternoon we met up with Alan and Jackie at Crab Island Cantina. A wedding was going to take place in the main area. We sat at the bar and had a ring side seat for the ceremony. It was an interesting time at the Cantina with the wedding and some of the folks that were at the bar. Specifically there were three older ladies and the oldest got hammered on margarita’s. It took the other two a couple hours to get grandma sobered up enough to get her up the hill. We also had one of the bartenders, Mike bring out to us some BBQ wings and ribs he had made the day before. They were fantastic. We were so glad he shared them with us. He got a big tip from us for sure! lol

Sunday we had to make a couple of stops. On the way home we stopped at Hogs Breath. B was sitting at the bar. We have not seen him since Steve passed away. We got the entire story of what happened. It was a sad story. There was also some New Orleans Saints fans watching their game. The Saints lost the game in a way I only thought the Browns lost games. A blocked extra point returned for the winning points. Ouch!

Changes continue in Destin. When we got home and drove down Commons Drive we were shocked to see all the trees gone and the land leveled were the new apartment complex is going to be built on the land where Dolly had thought about building a theater. They are wasting no time on the construction as the site work should be done in a few weeks as fast as they are going.

The new strip center on Commons by Kelly Plantation is moving along quickly too as the Atlanta’facation of Destin continues. They are building on every available strip of land. The other new strip center by Eglin Federal Credit Union is also moving along. I can see some of those places opening soon.

Over in Sandestin a long time favorite, Busters has closed. I understand the rent was going up too much for the owners to handle. Gilligan’s has closed for the season. They will reopen in February. It looks like Charley is keeping The Crust Pizzeria closed for the season. They still have to fix the building where a car crashed into it a few weeks ago.

It’s almost time for the Snowbirds to start and descend on Destin. As our friend singer/songwriter Brent Burns sings about this time of the year, “If a car from Michigan passes you…it’s stolen!”

Have a great week. See ya next Monday!