Bumpity bump. Saw in the Captiva/Sanibel thread where Wes axed for a travel forum. I second the "make it so".
Indeed. The globetrotting contingent of this board needs somewhere to regale you plebes with our tales of brunch with movie stars in Monaco and also a place to bitch about slow valets and the sorry state of housekeeping these days.
Had a few Fo-Twinneys on draft with Weskie and invited him fishing the next day but somehow, he thought a trip to Biloxi would be better. Pffft....
In hindsight, I should have gone fishing. Would have been much easier on the bank account. Craps was my friend for a while....then I went all Jerry Reed on that bitch: she got the gold mine and I got the shaft.
Caught a snapper the size of a small pick up truck. This guy was right at 30 pounds and I literally thought I was trying to lift a pick up off the ocean floor. I've caught quite a few sailfish that went over 100 lbs. and this thing fought 10X harder and longer than any of them.
I saw the pic. Huge fish. Reinforced my conclusion that I should have gone fishing rather than gambling.
On a side note, it was kind of a wake up call as we went out and came back in. (This boat puts in right on the beach) Saw a black tip shark jump out of the water in between the beach and the second sand bar. As we came in, a bull shark about 6-7 feet long cruised right by the boat in the crystal clear waters of the the second sand bar.
You know they're there...but it kind of slaps you in the face when you actually see it and see people swimming just yards away. Yeeesh.
They're out there, but most aren't "man eaters". Be smart: don't swim at dawn or dusk and leave the shiny shit (watches, jewelry, cock rings, etc) on the shore.
Props to Wes also for turning us on to a bad azz restaurant I didn't even know existed. Place called 790 on the front beach road in Destin. Killer food and we ate on the back deck right there at the ocean. Take a little cash with you. Worth it!!
Two things: 1) there is no "front beach road" in Destin. You were on Old 98; and 2) there is no fucking OCEAN anywhere on the north/west coast of Florida. You have to go Jacksonville to Miami to find an Ocean. Fucking tourist.