It was intense but bliss. I love losing myself in an experience or vacation and having my soul tank refilled up to the max. I have been working really hard by staying curious about experiences and not over reacting when things do not go the way I want them to go. This trip was packed full of rain, mud and cold but I think we weathered it well enough and still had a blast. Here are the highlights.
Day 1 (Thursday June 13th)
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| Camp site. |
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| 2017 & 2019 wrist bands! |
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| What a beautiful day it was. |
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| Relaxing in the grass. |
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| We brought our reusable cups again from 2017. $6 refills for Bells beer! |
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| Hi. Ryan and I. |
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| Ryan. :) |
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| The stage! |
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| Sitting and listening. |
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| This is hands down the spiciest salad I have ever ate. I thought I would die. |
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| Old Salt Union. They were fun! |
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| Horse Shoes and Hand Grenades. I heart them. |
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| The main stage at night. |
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| The trees are like magic here. Reflecting all the light. |
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| Wonton tacos. |
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| mm... |
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| View of the stage from the food trucks. |
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| Curds. |
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| Night time! |
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| Stage looked cool. |
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| $6 bloody Mary's in the AM. |
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| Day 2 pre-storms. |
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| AND so the storms began. |
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| We felt prepared. Ha! |
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| A big Blue Ox guitar! |
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| It was a beautiful day for a short time. |
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| We had no idea what we were in for.... Pre-storms. |
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| A little relaxing for 15 min in the AM. |
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| Gyro |
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| This is post storm. Notice the tent is lowered all the way. The storm came through with 50 mile an hour winds and soaking rain. Music was stopped from 5pm-9pm. Tree damage, tent damage and stage damage occurred. We survived but were muddy and damp the rest of the weekend. |
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| Cool! |
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| This is before the madness of the mud. So fresh and clean thanks to Ryan cleaning them. |
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| Trampled by Turtles. The stage was broken limited lighting but we did not care. It was the music that mattered. Only band I have ever seen that is blue grass and as a mosh pit! |
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| Late night set in the woods is always magical. |
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| Love it! |
Day 3 (Saturday June 15th)
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| This dog was just chilling. |
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| The side stage still lowered after the massive storm Friday. |
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| Ready and prepared for the rain/mud. |
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| How I love "Them Coulee Boys". I cried through this set. It was just awesome. |
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| Notice the mud and water? Also did you notice the stage is missing large sections on the sides? Storm damage. |
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| This natural pop was awesome. |
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| Charlie Parr. A national treasure. Some of the best folk music ever. |
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| The Wooks. Fun! |
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| Dang the Dead South killed it! |
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| They finally put the ox out on the last day! |
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| Poor ox has some damage. |
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| Billy Strings. Love.This is when the mud fest was in full gear. Please see below. |
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| Pert Near Sandstone. They founded this festival and run it. Rattle snake! |
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| First picture of the morning. |
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| Seems dry-ish. |
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| Look still grass not all mud. yet. |
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| Okay-- Getting worse. |
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| We found more grass to stand on! |
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| Just wet. |
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| Starting to get black on the bottoms. |
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| Bye grass we will miss you! |
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| Yep-- getting ankle deep now. |
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| Dancing in mud is hard guys! |
It was for sure a great trip and we will have stories for a life time living through that storm. I love this festival so much it really is so jammed packed with talent and good music. We do not tend to do the same festival in a row or ever again but something is just special about this one that is for sure. Happy to be there for the 5 year anniversary.
Until next time~
XoXo Emily
