The Keys are recovering from Hurricane Irma. Key West survived pretty well. There was not a lot of obvious damage. You could tell where trees came down, decks and stairs were rebuilt and a few places were still closed. But all in all, Key West is back in the tourist business.
The same cannot be said for the Middle Keys. It was sad to see the destruction as mountains of debris were piled along US 1. The area around Big Pine Key was the worse. It is going to be many months before there is any semblance of normalcy for those folks. Talking to a FEMA supervisor one evening he said about the half the homes in Big Pine will be demolished as they are uninhabitable. Very sad but the folks in the Keys are a strong group and they will bounce back.
Back at home Chaos had a pretty normal time while we were gone thanks to Susie staying at our house to watch Chaos. She said Chaos spent most of her time running around in the backyard chasing squirrels. That is Chaos’s new favorite pastime. It is good exercise for her. She has lost some weight and sleeps well at night! LOL
It didn’t take long to get back to reality after we got home. We both went back to work and within a day or so the vacation seemed like a distant memory.
The work on the house continues. After we got home we had the last of the kitchen counter granite installed on the new cabinet we had added to the kitchen. It looks awesome. Now all we have left to do in the kitchen is pick out some new backsplash and get that installed. Saturday Sunshine Cindy and I went and purchased a new dining room table. It gets delivered this Thursday. It is a Teak Wood base with a round glass top. It looks amazing and we can’t wait to get it in the house. We are just about done with the major work and purchases for the house.
On Saturday after we did the dining room table shopping we stopped for a beer at Mellow Mushroom. Then we headed across the street to Ciao Italia Bistro for dinner. This place is quickly becoming my favorite for Italian food in Destin.
Friday night was our Parrot Head meeting at Landshark Pizza. We honored all of the Vets in our club. We have a lot I am glad to say. We could not be doing what we do without the sacrifices they and their mates made. Thanks to each and every one of them!!!
Sunday was Browns football again. We decided to mix it up and go to Tailfins and try and change the Browns luck. It didn’t work. They still lost. I have to give a shout-out to Bobby. He continues to come to the games with us to try and root the Browns to a win. He even bought a Browns tee shirt. One of these days Bobby, we will taste victory! I hope!
After the game Sunshine Cindy and I walked down to AJ’s. BT and Nicole were there with a bunch of their friends watching the Cowboys/Falcons on the big screen. It was great catching up with them as we have not seen them in several weeks. AJ’s has done an outstanding job with this outside area. They just continue to grow and grow.
We were only gone for about 11 days but the road construction on Hwy 98 got underway big time. From in front of Wal-Mart all the way down to Airport Road they have moved lanes, put up a million barrels and made travel in this area dangerous. I can’t believe they did all this in such a short period of time. That will put more folks on Commons Drive now.
Destin was busy this Saturday. They had a 3k run/walk from the American Legion. There was a Pooch party at the dog park with hundreds of people and pets there. And something was going on at Morgan’s Sports Complex. Hundreds of cars were parked everywhere. I don’t know what it was for but they had a ton of folks there. Destin continues to stay fairly busy.
It’s fun to go on vacation but it is great to be back home. Have a great week everyone and I will be back next Monday “Living and Playing in Destin!”
Destin Steve
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