| The truck is packed and we're ready to roll. Which way to
Margaritaville? |
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| Appropriate dress required. |
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| The load in and setup were quite organized, for chaos. |
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| That man has one big parrot on his shoulder! |
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| Long pants at a party in Margaritaville? Nah! |
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| Before we could even get completely set up we had visitors
playing on the beach. |
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| Everyone had smiles on their faces the whole day long. |
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| We wanted to show people what REAL parrotheads are about. The
parrot on the top of our truck was the highest display at the park
(we had the biggest parrot, too - at 12 feet!) |
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| We're not sure why (ha-ha), but we did attract a lot of attention with
lots of folks stopping by to say hello. |
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| Maybe it was the 2,800 pounds of sand we brought in for our own
beach? |
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| Perhaps it was the Tiki Bar with the magic blender (serving up
all those frozen concoctions that helped us hang on)? |
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| Maybe it was our monkey? (the one in the tree, not the one
cooking). No white sports coat, but lots of pink crustaceans. |
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| Maybe it was all the food... |
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| The answers to questions that bothered us so were found (in the
bottom of a blue cup chalice). |
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| It was five o'clock all day! (These are the people
our parents warned us about!) |
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| Yes, I am a pirate. |
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| Hula Girls! |
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| A schoolboy's heart (and novelist's eye). |
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| There's Jimmy! |
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| It was extra special because Fingers Taylor (in the tank top),
an original Coral Reefer whose claim to fame is the amazing
harmonica playing, joined in for the evening. |
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| At 60, Jimmy still sings and performs in ageless style. |
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| Nadira Shakur, Peter Mayer, and Mac McAnally |
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| Singer, songwriter, NY Times best-selling author, entrepreneur,
and entertainer - Jimmy Buffett... |
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| ...and the Coral Reefer Band |
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| Jittery, yes (from the mobile phone camera) taken as the
cameraman took our picture for the big television screens in the
pavilion. |
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| We were close enough to make eye contact several times. |
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| Could it have been DJ's parrot nose that caught Jimmy's eye? |
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| DJ gave a little wave to Jimmy, and he waved back! DJ waved with
both arms frantically, Jimmy pointed to his nose and waved back just
as frantically! A couple minutes later we were met by Jimmy's
bodyguard who came down from the stage to us... |
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| He said, "Mr. Buffett would like your son to have this..." It
made our night! |
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| Yes, we got the t-shirt, too. |
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