And just like that the Destin Summer season has come to an end. Of course the calendar says we have almost three more weeks but in our hearts we know it’s over. The kids are back in school. The tourist have gone home. The days are getting shorter. College football is back in full swing. The pros have set their rosters and start back up on Thursday. Yep, put on bow on this Summer I am sorry to say.
But since we live in Florida we can still pretend it’s Summer. The temps are still almost 90 and there is a tropical storm brewing in the Gulf. We can use our pool and drive with the top down. Now just keep this storm away from us!!!
Sunshine Cindy and I got out a few times this week. On Thursday we met an old friend at Tailfins. Jerry and Gayla were in town for a night having spent a few days in Port St. Joe. Jerry and I go back to when I joined the Parrot Heads. He lived in Panama City Beach and we became good friends. One day he went to a class reunion, fell in love with an old class mate and they got married. Jerry moved to Virginia and we only saw each other when he had me be his best man in the wedding. A couple years ago they moved to Canton, Mississippi to be closer to family. It was great seeing those two again. We had a nice visit while listening to BT play music.
Friday I took off work and we ran some errands. We picked up a cookie tray for a pool party on Saturday then we went to Landshark Pizza for some brews and a pizza. Brian was working behind the bar. As we walked in Tony and Amy were just leaving. They had a friend from Ohio with them, Rick. We all chatted for a few minutes. Down the bar was Scotty. He runs a beach service so this was the first time we had seen him in months. After we finished with our pizza (Jason made it and it was one of the best we have had in a long time) Glen came in and joined. About the time we were leaving James came in. It was like a locals reunion! LOL
On the way home I needed to stop at Cash’s. We decided to go in the lounge too. Cash’s is a very local spot that is a throwback bar to an older time. They don’t serve food. They allow smoking. People order shots and beer. Yep, my kind of place. We stayed for a couple of drinks and headed home but not before we talked to just about everyone in the place.
Saturday was Buz and Brenda’s pool party but we had something come up and we could not go. Now we have three dozen cookies sitting in our kitchen just waiting to be ate.
The only thing we did on Sunday was make a trip to Home Depot to get some fertilizer for our yard. I put it down since we should be getting some rain this week from the tropical storm.
It was one year ago this weekend we closed on and moved into our house. We have done a ton of work in that year on the house. It is really now our home. Of course there is still more we want to do but we have put our stamp on the place. Sunshine Cindy is amazing in how she can visualize what she wants done and then make sure it happens. Her decorating ideas should be highlighted in an HGTV show. She is that good at it. The Chaos Oasis is awesome and we spend most of our time outside. We are not regretting the move at all.
This Saturday is the fourth and final Parrot Head beach cleanup of the year at Beachwalk #2 on Okaloosa Island. Come out at 9:30 to help us leave our beaches a little cleaner than we found them and of have a beach party afterwards.
See ya next Monday.
Destin Steve
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