Sally's Trips: Destin - 2016 Destin day

Having no food of any kind in the condo, when we woke up we took another mad dash across highway 98 to the Waffle House. We each ordered a large coffee. I chose a waffle and some bacon and James had a Texas Bacon Egg and Cheese Melt. We both thought the food was decent. We'll probably make another dash in the morning. After cleaning up, decided it was time to get on the beach. Although the wind was strong, it was not cold. We even chose to go barefooted. Unbelievable. It felt good. We both put our feet in the water.

Now that's two pretty good looking pairs of feet. Ha-ha!

Today we had arrangements to meet Karen, my daughter's mother-in-law. I am so glad that we did. It was a perfect day for tourists. This was particularly true for us as we had 3 wonderful tourist guides. Not only did we meet Karen but we met her at her sister and brother-in-law's home. Our tourist guides were Karen, Diane, and Rod. Rod was the captain of their pontoon boat which carried us all around the harbor and to our lunch at Harry T's Lighthouse located in Harborwalk Marina. It was delightful. We sat on the porch. We were able to see boats coming and going. Here are a couple of unusual ones.

This one has 4 outboard motors on the back.

James ordered a classic reuben and I decided to stick with seafood. I had a shrimp Po-Boy. Once again, the portions were massive. I don't understand why they make their dishes so large. No wonder we are such a fat country. Once again, we brought the leftovers to the condo to eat for supper. They will be finished off with our remaining Shake's Concretes.

My shrimp Po'Boy

James's classic reuben. This was the biggest reuben I have ever seen.

After eating we wandered thru the HarborWalk Marina. Tons of things to do as well as many tourist types of shops. We then headed back to the boat where Ron took us on a tour of the area. I don't think we could have asked for a nicer thing to do or a better way to see the "real Destin."

A bar located on Crab Island. The island is totally under water now. The water is very shallow and many boats and their passengers come here for picnics, etc. They can jump out of the boat and play as the water is very shallow.