You guys know that Piragis marketed my doggone flamingo idea for years, right?  They began appearing in their catalog immediately after that BWJ story got published.  They actually sold the danged things as campsite markers!

A marketing genius, I ain't, I guess!

I suppose I should be sad or mad that Piragis stole my idea (and Cliff probably got it from THEM) but I've always attributed the original notion of using pink flamingoes to Old Salt, anyway. 

HE is truly the one who inspired it all....

Jimbo   8-)