Florida Strawberry Festival

Hey, so I’ve been busy getting the additional photos posted and putting in some commentary for your enhanced enjoyment. Still haven’t gotten the pics out of the big camera yet, but there’s some good stuff below – enjoy! UPDATED – ok, I got the pics of the Alan Jackson concert (not a big deal, but still) out of the camera and posted them. Enjoy again!

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Ah, the stupidity of having one’s own blog develop the belief that one is a spammer – and there’s nothing to be done about it, for such belief will not expire for 24 hours from the time it first developed. So half of yesterday is not yet blogged. I won’t have the opportunity to get the rest of the photos from the Strawberry Festival loaded until this evening, or perhaps even tomorrow; sorry!

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Hmm, I wonder if this shot of Mickey and the gang is properly licensed? All the lights on the midway were very pretty at night; they don’t translate well to pictures, I’m afraid. Below, the sign when we were leaving the Alan Jackson concert. I did take a couple of photos of that, with the band looking like ants on the stage, but they are in the big camera so I’ll have to fish...

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As mentioned, Chris Cagle’s crew was loading his trailer, which was attached to a big tour bus. Well, it was wedged too damned tightly in between booths and such, and it had a terrible time getting out of the space. Back and forth, back and forth – OY! Well, it was somthing to occupy our attention while waiting to get in to see Alan Jackson.

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Chris had a deep-seated need for “those curly fried potato things”, which I admit were good, but they were horribly greasy. The place where she got these was also selling batter-dipped, deep-fried mushrooms, and the guy gave me a free one. It was a freakin’ MOUTHFUL of grease, and I quickly chucked it into the trash. Meanwhile, exciting things were about to occur near the entrance to the concert arena. The Geico Gecko made...

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Late in the afternoon, we spied an Alan Jackson tour rig! Kept peering through the fence, but there was no sign of “something tall and strong” anywhere back there. Meanwhile, the star of the 3:30 PM concert, Chris Cagle, was signing autographs while his crew was loading the trailer full of his equipment. He was SHORT, which came as a surprise to me.

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