So yesterday we went by boat with the Heslins to the Tiki Hut, our favorite local hangout – very cute bar/restaurant on the lake, informal & fun. While we were sitting on the deck enjoying the sun, we noticed a lot of activity with the staff setting up the deck – and we found out that they were expecting Ed Roland from Collective Soul  to drop by & do a few acoustic songs!!! Apparently he has a new home on the lake, and has dropped by there before. So OF COURSE we came back early to hear him, since we are huge fans, but half expecting that it wouldn’t happen – but it did.  Wow, what fun! He was just so very nice & unassuming, shaking hands and chatting with everyone (maybe 150 people there in the 40 degree weather), posing for pictures, and best of all perched on a stool with his guitar treating us to some of our favorites. We sat right on the floor in front of the little deck-stage, only a few feet away. It really was fun and a night to remember – and YOU KNOW I got Jim to take a picture or two of me & him (like I would let THAT opportunity pass:

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