Jimmy Buffett and Two little Parakeets

Not sure how many years ago it was, but your Aunt La and I were forced to learn the chorus to "Cheeseburger in Paradise" before our cousin would let us get out of the car...and if it wasn't for that moment, I'm not sure I would know what a parrothead yet alone parakeet is today. Luckily Aunt La is older than me and at the time she was the one with the jobs and liked to spend the money, so naturally I got  enjoy all of her purchases too! She had quite the Buffett collection of tapes, yes cassette tapes and later moved onto CDs. I spent most of my high school days listening to "Coconut Telegraph" and later on "Love and Luck" was my favorite. By the age of 16 I had turned a handful of classmates onto Jimmy Buffett and convinced them they needed to go to a concert. It might have been my 3rd one at that time, but no concert will be as memorable as the one you two went to with Aunt La and Uncle Agustin. 

Lucky for me, your dad, who has good taste in music, supported me with my interest in Buffett. 

He did everything you could do to make it a perfect/memorable experience. Next time we will get him to fasten a shark fin on our van. 

As far as the concert experience. You two were one of the few parakeets and took to the crowd of 30,000 Parrotheads like you are around crowds every day! 

You enjoyed the beach ball experience and quickly traded your tri colored one for a yellow and pink one. You two soon became the beach ball magnets and I believe you saw more beach balls than you could have ever imagined! 

Once the show started you recognized the lyrics to a few songs and sang and danced along. We lasted for an hour and a half before we pushed through the crowded hillside to make it back to the van. 

Pretty impressive! Julia was recognized by many and we scored some treats on the way back. As were were trudging our way through the muddy parking lot we heard our favorite songs plying in the distance..."Yoda" and "Fins". It was a little sad, not seeing you dance to your favorites. However, I will always remember the original dance party we had in the living room to these songs. Such a special time is this...my two little parakeets, who just melt my heart with their reaction to music. 

"This one's for you" couldn't have been a better name to the concert series! This truly was one for you two. He won't be around when you are hoping to check something off of your bucket list. Thanks for one of the best Saturday nights I have ever had in my life:)