Oyster Fest was a big success again this year. The weather was not great Saturday, but Sunday was nice and drew a large crowd. The Eastern Mystic Dancers are always a big draw. This year we will always remember. After the dancers finish their performance, each dancer selects a person from the audience to come on stage, put on a grass skirt, and dance with the belly dancer. The audience applause for each participant determines the winner. This year my son, Ryan, was selected by Kendra and was the choice of the audience as the best in the show. He won a couple of tickets to the group's performance in May and had his picture taken with Kendra. He did a pretty good belly dance himself, but I think it helped to dance with Kendra as she is by far the best performer in the show. Maybe next year I'll wear a headband, dark glasses, a Nike shirt, and a beard and she will pick me. Not!
Friday night a unit in the 300 building had an upstairs water leak and the ceiling fell down. The place was flooded. Servpro came out of Corpus about 1 am and brought their water extraction equipment. They have been back each day this week to check the fans and dehumidifier. Today they said the wall insulation is not drying properly and will have to remove some more drywall. This happened in my house in San Antonio last year and we are talking about a pretty pricey operation these guys have going.
I saw John Cieslewicz and his wife(Sea Shell Shores owners) take their boat out the channel Monday morning about 8:30 they were back by 10:30 with a load or trout. I talked to him this morning and he said they caught 18 trout on plastics and only two were less than 17 inches. The tide is way up and the water temperature is rising. I hope they has brought the larger trout back in. I have not seen a keeper anything caught on the pier since December. Gus's(203)father and brother came down on Thursday and fished off the pier during the day with no results. His dad comes in from Jordan every year and spends a month or more. He is in his mid 70's and a walking history book of middleastern culture, history, and politics. He is fascinating to talk to.
Work has not resumed on the spillway and the pier removal has not begun. I believe each will start soon.