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Today's travels had us moving along the Florida Gulf Coast for 123 miles to our final stop of the year. This will be our third New Year's Eve in a row that we have stayed at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park for the Canopener Airstream Rally. The difference is this time we get to camp for half price because I finally made it to 65 years old and am still legally a Florida State resident. That alone saved us $294.00 over the cost of staying here each of the past two years.
We were pleased to see all the communities along the Gulf Coast were well on their way to rebuilding after the October 2018 Hurricane Michael devastated the shorline. Most all of the cleanup is done and there are a lot of new homes and construction still under way for most of the area we travel past today.
Campsite #108 at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park in Santa Rosa Beach, FL
Early morning scene at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park beach.
A quick last minute announcement on the Rally's Facebook Group with requests to bring taco fixin's ended up attracting between 40-50 people. Tricia cooked up and prepared 2-lbs. of Pulled Mojo Chicken to satisfy the few non-red meat eaters in the group and there were plenty of other toppings to sample from.
Thankfully someone thought to bring cookies for desert to share with everyone. Someone else made up a few Crab Rangoons which also served as a desert, at least for me it did.
Around 11:30AM we felt it would be a good day to go out for lunch and eat at the nearby Stinky's Fish Camp Restaurant.
Every year we hear all the great comments from others attending the rally about how good the food is there, but we've never been. That all changed today! We figured this may be the last time we will be in this area for quite some time. So it was now, or possibly never, if we wanted to go and try it.
Tricia selected the Fresh Fish Tacos and I sampled the Grilled Gulf Shrimp with Sidewinder Fries and a pair of Crawfish Hush Puppies. I even offered to share the Peanut Butter Chocolate Pie, but in the end I had it all to myself. P.S.-Thanks Bob! It was delicious.
There were five prizes awarded to the first five winners. We arrived a little late and missed Game #1. Tricia won Game #5 and received a prize and or course, in true form, I won Game #6 and received nothing.
Tricia and I each won one game!
HAPPY NEW YEAR
2022
TO EVERYONE!
Believe it or not by 9:00PM last night we were both tucked safely into bed
and reading our books. I guess we are becoming a couple of old fuddy duddies.
A dozen or more people showed up and made themselves bracelets, necklaces and pins to take back home.
She was setup and ready 30 minutes before the crafters were scheduled to show up!
Calling it a Chili Cookoff is not really all that accurate, because a large percentage of the dishes are not even chili. I learned that the first year we were here when I offered up samples of my Key West Chili and my Green and White Chili (my recipes can be found on the RECIPES TAB on this website).
This year I'm going to be offering my versions of Chipolte Chicken Corn Chowder and Brunswick Stew. I hope everyone enjoys them!
UPDATE: My Chipolte Chicken Corn Chowder won "1st Place" in the Miscellaneous (i.e. non-chili) Category.
I didn't fare as well in this years Cornhole Tournament.
The same player who won the tournament back in 2020. Todd was clearly the best player in both tournaments where most of his wins weren't even close to be losses.
While this vehicle does have a boat propeller under the rear bumper it does not float, but it can and has been driven 70MPH down the Interstate Highway.
The Boat Car passing by our campsite!
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