Cruisin' Waves To Walker, notes from the Target

Short n sweet, Castles 5/16.

 










 
   Spring.  We whine.  We complain.  Uncooperative weather. Empty beaches. Sloppy surf that shuts us down.  Showers not yet working. But the skies are brightening (when there's not a thunderhead on the horizon). Late spring, early summer can see some of our best sessions.  Thursday proved this point.  We moved the show to Castles on 38th.  Castle in the Sand...like us, a motel that's a bit rough around the edges but still standing tall.  Nice thigh to waist teal-blue walls rolling mostly to the right.  Low tide with light winds out of the southwest produced some nice rides for DWatt. Even when the wind shifted directly offshore (west) mucking up the surf a tad and inviting in those damn mayflies the Wattman still emerged smiling. A first for him this season.

Nice locale

      

   Leaving the beach we headed down Coastal Highway following the Cruisers south.  Cruisers Weekenwith loud cars, loud music, and loud people.  But we had cold beer and wings on our minds.  Our destination...downtown, the corner of Wicomico and South Baltimore... the Pour House.  We stopped by once last year, late in the season, downtown and the bar were empty.  Like the waves timing is everything, and this round proved more reassuring.  

Can ya hear the Beach Boys?

     A small crowd to start, but the barkeep was friendly and set us up with a couple of craft drafts, Watt with an IPA and myself with a Strawberry Wheat (fair...most of the flavor was at the bottom of the glass).  A few other crafts were in the offering but the majority were the national beers... a bit disappointing.  We did get in our classic - Nattie Boe on tap.  Cold- a plus up.  The wings were more promising.  We ordered the Spicy Hot and a flavor they named "Walker," a deadly combination of most of their wing sauces with the Spice and BBQ dominating...like a Zombie...a Walker...hmmm.  They were meaty, well cooked, and the Walkers were surprisingly above average memorable. Atmospherewise, something seemed to be missing... a band maybe...something about an empty stage even when good jukebox music is playing.  As we headed out we checked the Boards for any future prospects.  The Journey must forge on.

THE RATINGS-

Spicy Hot: B

The "Walker": B+

Beer: B

Atmosphere: C+

Overall Score = 2.88