Alpine Valley...2005!

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » July 13, 2004 12:50 am

BuckeyeboyParrothead wrote:Wow! What a party! That is definately the best parking lot I have seen. It was great seeing you Big hat Carmen and Capt. Cougie. It has been a wonderful year. It was great meeting you as well Ladyparrothead. I hope to meet more of you next year at Alpine.....maybe Chicago.

I met them too!!!!! It was great seeing them...serving them some jambalaya!

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » July 13, 2004 12:52 am

CRC:

Now that I've seen the pictures of you, I realize that I saw you in the lot the other day!!!!!! Would've said hi if I knew it was you!!!!!!

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » July 13, 2004 12:53 am

mermaidindisguise wrote:(Megan here)with a quick thanks to so many nice people for making this trip incredible! Too much fun to be legal really! We are back in Tampa and it is hot and sticky so wait until Feb - after the 12th blizzard and get your buts down here to visit! Show these Tampa people how it's done!!!! I really hope Les and I can make WI an annual trip!! Keep in touch and don't be strangers! Les is already back to work at the hospital (he's probably on BN right now though so while I am at it - I should thank this man bc he gave up seeing Jimmy in FL so he could meet my parents and suggested we go to WI again. LOVE HIM!!!!!!! Love all the pics and Jolena... CRC..... Linda..... all you fun, fantastic partiers..... and you know who you are Keep up the this wonderful way of living and we will all live very long happy buffett-lovin lives!!!!!!! YEEEE HAAAAAA

I'll be in Tampa in February! Don't know what the dates will be, but we're heading down to visit my parents in St. Pete.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » July 13, 2004 12:57 am

By the way, if anyone has extra tix for Chicago Thursday show, talk to me! My wife & I found out we can make it! Didn't think we would...didn't get tix.

pr8thdlvr · Post by **pr8thdlvr** » July 13, 2004 1:16 am

Posted this in the wrong area earlier - doh! She is home in one piece now.

Well, ladyparrothead is still not home yet. I expect her in the next hour or so.
I must say, she surprises me sometimes. 2 weeks ago she didn't have a ticket and I asked her if she was going to be sitting out in the far parking lot listening to the show. she told me, "Hell no, I'm going to be inside the pavillion." Friday afternoon when she got on the plane she still had no ticket.
But low and behold, inside the pavillion she was.
A BIG Thanks to everyone who helped make her trip as much fun as she anticipated and more. I hope she took pics, I can't wait to see them. I'm gonna go straighten up now before she gets here. Ya know, I DID have a bit of a party of my own. Thank God the Tiki Bar was open and thank God for RM. Exept for ladyparrothead's company, I didn't miss a thing!

HsvParrothead · Post by **HsvParrothead** » July 13, 2004 2:18 am

Alrighty ... the last of the phlock has returned home

Got in bout 9:30pm and took me this long to catch up on here

So Here I Go ......

LS3 --- What can I say after ALL that dude

... thanks for runnin with me to grab some grub when Tina and Jolena "forced" me to hurry to the BW & start drinkin Fri. on an empty stomach, also for the "door prize" --- Glad I could draw that line in the sand for you although I dont think I did too good of a job since I had already sailed on through myself

Dont forget who tried to BS your girl for you and make ya look good

and WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSE TO DO WITH ALL THIS BUD LITE YOU LEFT IN MY CAR

Your super cool and we WILL do this again in bout 6 weeks ... you just dont realize it yet

Wade --- Dude, your the coolest my man and it was an honor to assistant in the latest production for your website

But seein as I still have bout 15-20 of those tags left I think we may not have finished the task at hand and got distracted along the way

By Tina and Ann

New Mission awaits next month... and although I never did buy you that beer I promised you ... that Corona in your cooler should cover it

Jolena --- What can I say... you took me in early, weeks ago and made sure I made it to Alpine right up to the point when you help me park at the BW "properly" and of course without you I would have never gotten my Coronas open Fri. night

... until the Bartender shut me down

and forced me to start hitting the rhum and cokes

--- Thanks for all the phone calls, talks and being the ONLY girl to stay awake long enough for me to "catch up" on the drinkin wars Fri. night

Dave --- My smokin partner and late night cocktail drinker

... Thank You for all the great tales and digitally captured moments that you have allowed all of us to remember "in focus" --- THE MAN behind the camera ... enjoyed the late nights in the bars and halls of the BW, We can honestly say we "outlasted" all the others cause we were always the last to head in for the evening/morning...if it hadn't been for PHKalee we would have never had anyone to talk to

BUT all I ask from you in the future at concerts is your attendance and it appears we have many more to come... just remember "There's trouble ---- trouble ---- trouble in the Alpine Valley, starts with a T and ends with an A and that my friends spells Trouble" CANT WAIT FOR CHICAGO .... we'll see you in 6 weeks my friend .... lookin for some more Trouble

Matt --- Dude you are a soooo awesome yourself "Sir" <---- whats up with that I'm only 27 ... no wait it's midnight now so I'm 28 ... but it just goes to show that your family has done a wonderful job of raising you to this point!!!! Course we already knew they were cool

Come to Chicago next month (Sat. show) and we'll work on "doin the twist" some more in the lawn --- remember you have to pivot off the foot

I hope my little girls grow up to be as nice as you are ... we WILL definately see you soon

J1 --- I dont believe I ever saw you without a smile on your face the entire weekend

... even as we sat in misery together Sat. morn with our waters

and YES next year you better be on the regular busses with us. You told me from the first minute how glad you were that I drove up ... well dude --- meeting people like you makes it ALL worth while, you know how to make a guy feel welcome from the minute he enters the room .... and you have a wonderful energy about you that makes everyone happy who are near

and your whole group was just the greatest family and friends one could meet (not meat) anywhere ... if you can work it out --- HOPEFULLY we'll see you in 6 wks (remember I was already talkin to you bout Fri night at the BW bout Chicago!!!) If not I'll always have the memory of that smiley face on the big Alpine Screen

Jane --- Your one cool a$$ momma ... still think you look different without your palm tree BUT anyway --- thanks for helping me on the Selective Dining that is Janesville (and what a selection it was

) without you, Sat morn would have been a very ugly situation

And thanks for the laughs --- hell, you laughin at my dry humor Fri night kept me goin after a VERY LONG drive --- And of Course THANK YOU for allowing me to finish ALL your margaritas in the concert

and without you and Steve --- NONE OF US would have been drinkin imports on Sat. your bottle opener was our only hope ... and tell Steve --- " YES ... I WAS CONCERNED ... I just didnt want to add to the hysteria"

Les Great to meet another Florida boy

You did travel the farthest out of our bus group BUT I drove so I still won

I wanna see those photos from the top of the bus dude ... Enjoy your sunshine and as soon as legal matters are settled up here, chances are I'm moving back down your way --- WARN the neighborhood

Tiki --- I've now hung in the lawn with the Parrotvision Legend, glad I could "direct ya'll" in to the group ... when I saw those bamboos in the air off in the distance and Matt wavin those arms I couldn't help but run down the road to meet ya and I'm certainly glad I did!!!!!

Your dedication behind the bar DEMANDS respect and it's awesome to say that the one everyone was lookin at was in OUR group!!!!!!

Conga player w/the band --- not that he'll ever read this BUT ... Thanks for lettin me lay down some rhythms with ya on the congas during that song Fri. night

----- See what you ladies missed by not staying up long enough to see me "catch up"

and of course ... !!!!!!!!

Ann --- Girl... I MISSED YOU in the lawn

so next month I'm not letting you out of my sights until my now famous sheet is spread to claim our spot

You pour one hella margarita

I only desperately wish we had HAD more time together ... and ALL day Sun. when my friend and I were hangin out in the Chi-town all I could think was ... you should've been there with me

(We would have scared my friend

) So in 6 weeks WE have to catch up on lost time!!!!!!!!!!!!! By then my bruises (seriously) should have healed from your tackle of a greeting

and I will be ready for more abuse ... oh, and THANKS for rollin round in the green grass behind the stadium with me!!!

Christina --- Bet you didnt know I was already IN weeks ago for Chicago did you!!!!!

As for the Wet Spot ... you beat me to it

(My sig line!! I was hopin to make you laugh when you saw it) And it was a pleasure to serenade you on the lawn

(BTW ... as for memorization, you forget I'm a musician so twice through and I've got it down, No Big Deal

) But it makes me happy that it made you laugh -- Good Times!!!

To you as well, THANK YOU for rollin round in the green grass behind the stadium with me!!!!

And I WILL NEVER EVER HESITATE AGAIN

Thanks for a second try

and between you and Ann, all I've got to say is Ex-wife Who???? I mean D*mn

But thats what you want to hear .... and you dont fool me, your not as wild as you want people to think

I know your a sweetheart underneath all those WoooooHooooos !!!!! Thanks for the experience, NOW GET YOUR BUTT UP TO CHICAGO

Oh... BTW Dave and T --- Thanks for that laid-back "last" beer Sat. night in the hallway, I appreciate those moments -- Those are the ones I like to reflect on
Next year we'll just have to bring the cuffs and duct tape for the hotel security

Oh and to the strangers in the room I was opening my beer bottles on --- Sorry!

TO EVERYONE: Sorry it took me till the Alpine lot to get "into the groove" due to recovering from my drive ... next year -- I'm flyin and car rentin so I can START and END strong

To all the others I only met briefly BHC, LadyPH, OPH ... and ALL the wonderful others I was able to spend more time with like gumbogal, rumlover, beachbum29, spainjane and hubby, barefootA1A, j1'S brother, etc. etc. but I'm still trying to hash out the names with the faces so I still cant address properly

I just wanna say:

YOU SURE KNOW HOW TO MAKE A BOY FROM{ALABAMA} FEEL RIGHT AT HOME IN WISCONSIN!!!!
THANK YOU ALL SOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!

And I Love Ya All --- Definately Mean It

THANK YOU
~Kev

HsvParrothead · Post by **HsvParrothead** » July 13, 2004 2:46 am

Sorry ... nothing to read really --- just posted on the Chicago thread and couldnt stand seein it above the Alpine Thread ... just didnt feel right

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » July 13, 2004 7:47 am

barefootA1A wrote:Landshark, enjoyed taking to you and meeting Elizabeth. Real Nice girl. I hope we didn't scare her off........

Glad you came back to the madness that is BN. It was wonderful meeting you as well! Elizabeth wasn't scared off too much. We kind of live by the rule "anything goes as long as she is there".

jrh · Post by **jrh** » July 13, 2004 8:25 am

A quick hello to all the BN'ers I met at Alpine. Holy smokes was that a great time! A few quick shouts...Jolena, thanks for dropping the idea of the bus trip, LOVED IT! CRC, you are just freakin crazy and I love it! You sure showed everyone how to party! Les/Megan, great meeting you...you are the picture machine my man, and Megan you are just an all around talent show! JKortum, nice to meet you in person. Thanks again everyone and can't wait to do it again!

jkortum · Post by **jkortum** » July 13, 2004 9:14 am

HsvParrothead wrote: J1 --- I dont believe I ever saw you without a smile on your face the entire weekend ... even as we sat in misery together Sat. morn with our waters and YES next year you better be on the regular busses with us. You told me from the first minute how glad you were that I drove up ... well dude --- meeting people like you makes it ALL worth while, you know how to make a guy feel welcome from the minute he enters the room .... and you have a wonderful energy about you that makes everyone happy who are near and your whole group was just the greatest family and friends one could meet (not meat) anywhere ... if you can work it out --- HOPEFULLY we'll see you in 6 wks (remember I was already talkin to you bout Fri night at the BW bout Chicago!!!) If not I'll always have the memory of that smiley face on the big Alpine Screen

Ahhhh... Kevin... It was a pleasure and a h$ll of an weekend!!!!!!!
I'm getting all choked up....

It was great to see you... I'm glad the trip was worth it!!!! You are welcome anytime.. If I don't see you in Chicago I will see you soon.. Take care my friend!!!!!!!!

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » July 13, 2004 9:22 am

HsvParrothead wrote:LS3 --- What can I say after ALL that dude ... thanks for runnin with me to grab some grub when Tina and Jolena "forced" me to hurry to the BW & start drinkin Fri. on an empty stomach, also for the "door prize" --- Glad I could draw that line in the sand for you although I dont think I did too good of a job since I had already sailed on through myself
Dont forget who tried to BS your girl for you and make ya look good and WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSE TO DO WITH ALL THIS BUD LITE YOU LEFT IN MY CAR Your super cool and we WILL do this again in bout 6 weeks ... you just dont realize it yet

Kevin, it was great to finally meet you as well. After the Alpine board, it seems like I knew you already. Plus, it was good to have such positive Southern representation for the Yankees.

Thanks for allowing me to watch as you sailed on by. Heaven knows I could not have made EITHER of those early morning airport runs had I stayed on the boat with you.

As for the Bud Light, I'm sure you can find something to do with it. My policy is that the best beer is free beer!

6 weeks?!?

lisajilbuffett · Post by **lisajilbuffett** » July 13, 2004 10:05 am

Alpine was amazing- the kids had a BLAST again with the LIME GREEN shirts- my camera malfunctioned though and I only got six pictures- did anyone else get pictures of the LIME GREEN family????? We would appreciate them- thank you sooooooo much!

Rob, Lisa, Brett and Majesta
Alpine 2005 here we come- and we're bringing GRANDMA-

finsgirl · Post by **finsgirl** » July 13, 2004 10:07 am

Wow…what a weekend! Another great year at Alpine…I swear they get better each year. To be honest, I was a little nervous about meeting all of you BNers…. My husband, jkortum, posts all the time and I knew he would have a great time…but, what I didn't realize is how quickly you would all become my friends as well. You made me feel welcome and oh my, what fun we had! J Next year we will have to go on the big bus so we can have more time with more people!

Thanks to all of you for making our weekend an awesome one!!

alpinevalley · Post by **alpinevalley** » July 13, 2004 10:30 am

Hi All:

Hope everyone had a good time at Alpine this year and we hope to see you back soon! If you have any questions, comments, etc., please send them to me at brian@alpinestaff.com.

It was great to meet those of you who I could catch up with throughout the day.

Regards,
Brian, Security Manager
Alpine Valley Music Theatre
brian@alpinestaff.com

CRC Parrothead · Post by **CRC Parrothead** » July 13, 2004 11:15 am

7lords wrote:
CRC Parrothead wrote:
land_shark3 wrote: I second that. Now I'm just waiting on my CDs to arrive because I forgot to pick them up after the show. As CRC says, "I forgot something, have you ever forgotten anything, happened to me."

Get it right...
"I forgot. Sometimes I forget. You ever forget? Happened to me."

Only thing I lost was my sunglasses. And they only cost $9.99 at Target.
I have your sunglasses sweetie - you didn't lose them you gave them to me because the were hurting your head on the trip back and I forgot to give them back

Yep!! I'm sure it was those damn cheap sunglasses that were hurting my head and not the 16 hours of drinking, dancing, singing, & drinking!

brnlahaze · Post by **brnlahaze** » July 13, 2004 11:24 am

See you (whoever is going) in Chicago ... 5 weeks and counting.[/list]

mrrumpunch · Post by **mrrumpunch** » July 13, 2004 11:26 am

All I can say is one word........WOW! Alpine was awesome once again....met up w/finsupnorth and tried to make my way around and meet everyone however we just ran out of time. After a 3 day weekend Im still trying to recover........

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » July 13, 2004 12:07 pm

NOTE FROM ABSENT PHLOCKER:

I can hardly stand to look at these pictures and read the stories. man I missed it. Looks like the Janesville buses were near the three buses from Clinton, IA. Did you guys meet or meat any of my local phriends?

I made the mistake of going by the staging area saturday morning. Carol, the organizer, said "Bill We have 4 seats left, you can have them, just go get your stuff" Unfortunately I was on my way to my daughters softball game with a van full of ten year olds, so that would have been kinda rude to just up and leave them

As much as I hate to say it, I did make the correct choice. When we got into the closing yesterday, the owners lawyer whore announced that his client would not pay any closing costs and if we wanted the house those were the terms and he had another buyer ready. He was supposed to pay half of closing. After conferring with our lawyer whore, we decided to go ahead. We really, really really wanted this house.

If I had spent the $1000 we had to come up with Monday, over the weekend, I would have been up Sh*t creek with the paddle up my b-hind. As I said before, plan B remains Saturday in Chicago and Plan C remains October 23rd (or whatever the date) in Vegas.

With no computer connected, we listed to Cincinnati and wished we were up there with you, we were in spirit.

Catch ya on another road at another time

LYMI, Bill

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » July 13, 2004 1:22 pm

We missed ya Cubbie! It takes a strong man to just say no. I hope you decide on Chicago, cuz I don't foresee hubby releasing me to Vegas on OCTOBER 16th according to a US99 Chicago radio promotion.

And by the way T, Ann, and Jolena... you guys always laugh about the mystery bruises that show up after days like Alpine. Well, I had never had that problem before, but after meeting you guys Saturday my arms are covered with bruises!!!!

What's the deal with that?

Looking forward to getting some more in CHICAGO!!!!!!!!

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » July 13, 2004 4:09 pm

HsvParrothead wrote:Ann --- Girl... I MISSED YOU in the lawn so next month I'm not letting you out of my sights until my now famous sheet is spread to claim our spot You pour one hella margarita I only desperately wish we had HAD more time together ... and ALL day Sun. when my friend and I were hangin out in the Chi-town all I could think was ... you should've been there with me (We would have scared my friend ) So in 6 weeks WE have to catch up on lost time!!!!!!!!!!!!! By then my bruises (seriously) should have healed from your tackle of a greeting and I will be ready for more abuse ... oh, and THANKS for rollin round in the green grass behind the stadium with me!!!

Awww! Thanks Kev! It was great meeting you... sorry I was such a puke and never made it back to the bus lot so I could go into the show with ya'll!!!

We'll work things out a lot better in Chicago though, I promise!!!!

Glad you made it home safe, and thanks again so much for my ankle lei! Very thoughtful of you!

See ya again in a couple weeks!!!

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Alpine Valley...2005!

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