Happy Fourth of July

This week is the busiest week of the year in Destin. Just about every room is rented and people are everywhere with their big vacation smiles.

I’m still limping around. I had an MRI last week and it reviled a partially torn ACL. I got a cortisone shot and just need to give it time to heal. It can take up to a few months so I will be moving slowly in the meantime.

Last week Sunshine Cindy and I headed to Biloxi for an overnight stay at Hard Rock Casino. Our Parrot Head friends were taking a bus trip over but we decided to spend the night. And I’m glad we did. When we checked in we were informed we were upgraded to a suite. This room was sweet. It had a bath and a half. Three TV’s. An awesome walk in shower/tub. It was amazing. I don’t know why we were upgraded but we didn’t complain. Alas we didn’t win any money but we had a blast. We stopped at the Hard Rock Café a couple times. We played many different games and just had a fun time.

While we were there on Wednesday I noticed a warming on my phone. Biloxi was under a tornado warning. We would never know from inside the casino. On Thursday morning a monsoon was coming down. It let up before we left but started up right after we were gone with the road in front of the casino flooded for a while. We got out of town just in time.

Friday morning we stopped in at Asiago Skillet for breakfast. We love this place. The food is excellent and they have good prices. Saturday I tweaked my knee. We had to miss Dottie and Steve’s yearly 4th of July party. We hated to miss it but I needed to rest the leg. Sunday I was a little better and we made a trip to the harbor and finally to Hooters. We had a fun time at Hooters sitting at the bar. The bartenders were fun keeping everyone entertained.

To close out the weekend we spent Sunday evening at our neighborhood pool with the Sue’s. The water is like bath water but it was still relaxing.

The traffic is going to be bad for the next few weeks. We hope we don’t get any rain because when it does all the tourist come off the beach, get in their cars and drive to the outlet mall or the Commons. We just have to have some patience and know that it won’t last for much longer. The joy of living in a tourist town.

We hope everyone has a safe and fun 4th holiday. See ya next Monday!

Destin Steve