We got up early to beat the heat and headed out on our bikes for an exercise ride. Mainly we just rode around Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park. We noticed this interesting little garden in front of the blacksmith's shop in the Craft Square. Most of the plants labelled are culinary herbs or medicinal. The garden doesn't appear to have gotten much attention lately, but a sprinkler was running. Given how much rain we've had recently, we wonder why the garden needs to be watered.
The blacksmith's shop displayed a "Forge Closed" sign.
We visited the River Gazebo and walked down the steps to the river. The water is dark with tannins from all the decaying vegetation, starting in the Okefenokee Swamp.
This evening we went to a Coffee House in the auditorium at the park. The featured artist was Del Suggs, who coined the term "saltwater music" to describe his style, which has also been characterized as "Trop Rock" (Tropical Rock). He's a wonderful entertainer. This evening he played both guitar and ukelele while singing some of the songs he has written. One of our favorites was "Magic Chair." (You Tube click for video)
After his intro and three songs, the mikes were open, and other musicians took the stage. None was as good as Del, and I was falling asleep. At the intermission we decided to leave. It would have been nice to stick around to hear his closing set, but we would have had to take our chances with the open mic.
Tomorrow we'll move on to the Ocala area.
1 comments:
I thought Magic Chair was great. Thanks for sharing!!! rockin'
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