Jimmy Buffett Tribute Series-The Coast is Clear Traditional Cache
jwdorris: Not geocaching much anymore so I'm going to go ahead and archive this one.
Jimmy Buffett Tribute Series-The Coast is Clear
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Recently I was trying to come up with a theme for a series of geocaches to place. I wanted something that I could maintain a theme which could provide some interesting cache containers. My wife suggested that I mingle two of the things that I really enjoy: The music of Jimmy Buffett and geocaching thus was born the Jimmy Buffett Tribute Geocache Series. I decided to place a series of caches that somehow reflect the title of one of Jimmy’s songs.
For a little history, Jimmy recorded his first album, a folk rock album titled Down to Earth in 1970. The next year he moved to Key West where he developed the “beach bum” persona that has served him so well. Jimmy has done concert tours every year since 1976 and I’ve managed to attend a couple of them and they have to rate as my favorite concert experiences. Jimmy is not only a songwriter and musician but he is a master story teller, just listen to the lyrics of the songs that he has written. In his own words, “A good story never goes out of style.” He is in my opinion, one of the best all-around entertainers in music.
My first experience with Jimmy’s music was when I was 13 years old. I heard his song The Great Filling Station Holdup on the radio and was hooked. Over the span of his career he has released 49 albums (I currently own most of them and will have them all before I’m done). Now whenever things get too crazy, I put on Jimmy’s music and escape to Margaritaville, the tropical paradise somewhere in your mind. So instead of the blenders, fire up those GPS receivers and join me for a Parrothead’s tour of my favorite Jimmy Buffet songs.
OK, so it's really a lakeshore and not really the coast but it's the Ozarks version. The title is also a warning for this cache. This is a high muggle area so you may have to wait until the coast is clear to grab this one.
Another of my favorite Jimmy songs is When the Coast is Clear. It’s the story of the end of tourist season in a tourist town. It was originally released in 1992 on the Boats, Beaches, Bars, and Ballads CD
They're closin' down the hangout
The air is turnin' cool
Shuttin' off the superslide
The kids are back in school
The tourist traps are empty
Vacancy abounds
Almost like it used to be
Before the circus came to town
That's when it always happens
The same time every year
I come down to talk to me
When the coast is clear
Hello mister other me
It's been a long, long time
We hardly get to have these chats
That in itself's a crime
So tell me all your troubles
I'll surely tell you mine
We'll laugh and smoke and cuss and joke and
Have a glass of wine
That's where it always happens
The same place every year
I come down to talk to me
When the coast is clear
(It's the only place he knows)
Where it always happens
Same place every year
I still come down to talk to me
When the coast is clear
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