Fruitcakes

It is that time again when all the parrotheads in Texas flock (pun intended) to Frisco to see Jimmy Buffet perform. This year we were fortunate enough to have two of our friends, Pete & Lisa, drive up from Austin to go to the concert with us. It turned out to be a crazy day. The local wildlife was in full force - much more so than in previous years it seemed.

We loaded up the truck around 2:00 so that we could tailgate, grill out and relax before the concert. Much to our surprise, parking this year was now $20 for "just parking" and $40 for "tailgating". Nobody in our party was too happy about this...especially myself. Their logic behind it was that they have to come back and pick up the tailgating trash afterward. I can see some truth in that, but come on...and extra $20 to pick up trash in a 10'x20' space? So we obliged and tried to give them $20 in trash to pick up. Here was our home base this year.

It took us 50 minutes to get through security (they didn't have near enough people at security), walk all the way around the stadium (because they weren't letting anyone walk on the breezeway behind the stage), until we finally got to our seats. The seats weren't as good as last year, but they weren't too bad either. We had a REALLY drunk guy in front of us provide the entertainment until his wife made him leave. After that, the concert went well, and all had a good time including Jimmy.

Unshaven Dave & Momma

Pete & LisaFin Heads - they had lights inside the fins this year....
The Coral Reefer Band
Jimmy with his cowboy hat

There was one more hiccup on the way out of the parking lot last night. There was a metal stake in front of where Pete was parked. We didn't see it when we pulled out and it ended up getting stuck on the a piece of the frame under his truck. Another car was nice enough to provide some light while I managed to pull it out from where it was lodged. Thankfully though, the truck is now worse for wear this morning.

And in case you were wondering, this was the longest we had both been away from Gavin. Grandma and Grandpa Fouts took care of him while we were away, and he was a happy baby from the reports we got. And yes, we both were missing him the whole time!