Destin, Florida is home to "America's Family Mardi Gras" delighting
both young and old from around town and across the nation. This magnificent celebration
lasts for a week and culminates on Fat Tuesday, the day before Lent. For weeks,
Main Street in The Village of Baytowne Wharf is filled with the sights and sounds
of live marching bands, brilliantly colored decorations and, of course, teeming
crowds of party goers. During two parades -- the infamous “Krewe of Arfeous
Dog Parade” and the “Fat Tuesday Baytowne Bash Parade” -- floats
are glowing spectacles manned by masked riders festooned in satin and sequins and
armed with crowd-pleasing "throws" (beads, moon pies, doubloons, candy
and much more). Mardi Gras must be experienced to be fully understood and Baytowne
Wharf is the perfect place. Laissez les bon temps rouler!
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