Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Apr. 20 Having finally broken free of the considerable gravitational pull of Daytona, we are reluctantly headed north. We stayed overnight last night at the awkwardly named "Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area At Flagler Beach". Until 1992, the place was known just as "Flagler Beach State Recreation Area"; but when a camper named Gamble Rogers lost his life in a (successful) attempt to rescue another camper from drowning, the place was re-named in his honor. Turns out that you may know who Gamble Rogers was, even though you don't recognize his name. He played lead guitar for the sixties group called "The Serendipity Singers". I remember their name, and have been wracking my brain to recall what the title of their hit song was. I think it may have been "Walk Right In" ("...sit right down, Daddy let your mind roll on..."). Hey, it was the sixties, what can I tell you? According to the brochure, Roberts was also a buddy of Jimmy Buffett, and they toured Florida together in Buffett's pre-fame days. The beach was beautiful and we took a long walk; but we didn't go in the water, just to be on the safe side. I have my doubts that Jimmy Buffett would be quite so self sacrificing.

1 comment:

  1. "don't let the rain come down on me" - serendipity singers, what a great song!

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