Last Saturday John and I, along with some good friends, went to see Jimmy Buffett at Toyota Park. Anabelle stayed home with Grandma and Grandpa because she is not ready to party with the Buffett crowd yet. If you have never been to a Buffett concert before I highly recommend it, and I would definitely see him at a venue where they allow tailgating. Tailgating at Buffett is like nothing you've ever seen. This year I had dreams of going all out, and surprisingly it all worked out. Our tailgating experience included; a canopy for shade, a tarp on the ground with sand spread all over, topped with a baby pool. You may be wondering how did you fill the baby pool?
Well we filled up a 32 gallon (new/clean) trash can with water at home, loaded it into my brother's generously donated work truck, duct taped it shut and sloshed our whole way to the concert. Despite the appearance and water pouring out of the back of the truck, we didn't lose that much water. It was a very humorous ride with lots of shrieks when we went over bumps and very slow acceleration.
All the sloshiness (yes it's a word) paid off because we had a lovely cool pool to dip our toes into. Since it was a sweltering 91 degrees with bright sun, it was quite nice. The rest of our tailgating setup included, lots of food, beer, water, lemonade, decorations, beach balls, sunscreen, and leis. The day was fun, and the concert at night was great. As always Jimmy makes you feel like you are on a vacation. Thanks to our good friends for a fun time, and thanks to Becky for being the designated driver.
John un-tapes the trash can
John and Joe fill up the pool
The whole gang minus Liz (she took the photo)
Kari and I enjoying the cool pool
John cooked up some tasty burgers
Darcy and I posed with some one's cardboard cutout
Working on making our glow-in-the-dark leis.
Kari and Joe
During the concert Danny Kane showed up with the Cup- Go Blackhawks!!
Phil and Liz
FINS!
Joe being a shark
Here are some shots I took of all the tailgaters and their setups. I love seeing what other people come up with. There are some creative people out there.
Lots of canopies set up
These people looked relaxed
These guys had games set up for the crowd and a microphone so they could be heard
Love this setup with the skirted tables
That's a lot of liquor
Love this bar-too cute!
Already looking forward to next year and thinking up some new ideas. Hmmmm.... how about a water slide?
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