Congratulations to Geni for winning our latest Buffett Caption Contest. We showed you the below picture and asked for your captions:

Geni’s winning caption was “Yikes Mac – so that’s why you never wear shorts!”

It was another close contest, with Geni winning by 11 votes out of 227 total votes. Coming in second was Larry with ”And THAT’S when I first saw *The BEAR*!”

Thanks to everyone that submitted captions and voted. We’ll do another one after the upcoming tour leg ends.

Jimmy Buffett’s 2010 Under The Big Top Tour is back on the road this weekend after about a month off. It will be a mostly northeast leg, with tour stops in Camden NJ, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Wantagh NY, and Bristow VA.

There are still tickets available for most shows. Choose a show below to find tickets.

You can also find tickets at Stubhub:

View the full tour schedule for Under The Big Top Tour now.

Jimmy Buffett’s donated boat is being put to good use by the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Lab in fighting the BP oil spill:

“We’ve been looking for oiled wildlife, birds primarily. Fortunately, we’ve not seen any at all,” said Don Abrams, Volunteer Coordinator with GCRL. “I think Mr. Buffett was very interested in helping out oil wildlife, but we haven’t seen any problems here.”

So since the beginning of July, the boat has taken on different duties. It’s now part of the new GCRL Shoreline Sentinels Program. Several times a week, volunteers take the boat on patrol around the marshes of Ocean Springs and the Biloxi Bay.

“Looking at them from the water side and we’re able to put another pair of eyes on them. Something you can’t see from the shore,” said Abrams.

“Damaged fencing, or booms, things of that nature,” said GCRL Shoreline Sentinels Program Coordinator Read Hendon. “There was one instance that they found oil in the marsh all around from Marsh Point.”

The 17-foot SWAT boat is designed to navigate around shallows waters where larger Vessels of Opportunity can’t reach.

“Bridging the gap between those vessels and the beach walk and cleanup crews that have been walking the beaches,” said Hendon.

The boat is also being used by USM faculty and students for marsh research. It’s on stand-by to help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service respond to any wildlife emergencies. And the Pascagoula River Audubon Center plans to use the boat for future bird surveys.

Read more about the S.W.A.T. boat effort here.

Time to vote! We chose a few of our favorite captions that you submitted and put them in a poll below. Vote for your favorite and in a couple days we’ll have a winner!

Jimmy Buffett is playing a surprise show at the newly-opened Margaritaville Cafe in Niagara Falls, Ontario according to Radio Margaritaville.

The location, the first Margaritaville in Canada, opened on June 18th. Jimmy always stops by after a Margaritaville Cafe opens and visits with the employees and plays a few songs.

We’ll post more info as we get it.

Read more about the Niagara Falls location here and be sure to visit the official site.

Update – Mike in the comments says that it appears Jimmy started playing around 5 pm ET.