The last couple of weekends couldn't have been more fun, and couldn't have been more different from each other.

Ain't life great?!

The last weekend in August I spent "on the river." The Kennebec River that is. Up thayah in The Forks, pop. 35.

Two glorious days of rafting with good friends by day, smacking into Big Mama, getting buried at Whitewasher, plunging through Magic.

Me and the crew heading into Whitewasher, Kennebec River.

In the foamy chaos of Whitewasher.

Taking the hit at Magic, Kennebec River.

What a crew! Both sides ahead!!!

By night we hooted and hollered in camp, and played and laughed til our sides ached and our faces hurt from smiling.

All good. Maine the way life is. If only every weekend could be so much fun.

But alas, it can be!

Last weekend I shunned all regular outdoor activities to travel en masse with friends to the Jimmy Buffett Labor Day Weekend show at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro MA.

The all-day party in the parking lot was more fun than a human can really tolerate in such a short span of time, but with determination and spirit we managed.

Occasionally throughout the day's Parrot Head parking lot party I would stop and think and smile: "Hey, all this fun and we still have a Bufeftt concert to go to!"

Go figure. Fun x 10. Not for the faint of heart.

And then it was time. Time to shuffle with the crowd across Route 1 to the show. Great seats on the rail in the upper deck. Beer stand close at hand. Handy restrooms. Heaven.

Jimmy comes on and plays and plays and plays. The old and the new. The mellow and the rock. I never sat. Nobody did. We were transported as only Jimmy Buffett can do to That One Particular Harbor, to Margaritaville, to that special island place far away where fun and good times reign supreme and no one ever seems to have to work.

Buffett parking lot parties are soooo much fun!
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Our very own sand beach and slice or paradise.
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Buffett wannabees.
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Man(?)ning the grill.
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Parrotheads!
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The tiki bar is open!
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Yours truly sipping a Corona.
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Thank you as always Jimmy for the grand tour.

I'm back to reality now. Sort of. Well, not really. Maybe next week. Or maybe never.

Why is it I have an sudden urge to book a flight to Key West??? Hmmm.

Some island time sure would be nice right about now...
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