Minnie Winnie Drivin’ Music Festival Fan Wins RoadtripMojo Hammock

RoadtripMojo first met our latest hammock winner at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park’s Suwannee Rising music festival last spring. Kym Campbell Eckard and husband, Joe, were camping on the Loop two spots down from us. When we weren’t at the Mushroom or Peach stages for The New Mastersounds, Melody Trucks Band, Lettuce, Dumpstaphunk, or Oteil & Friends, we were marveling at the Eckards’ rig. That bright blue Winnebago Minnie Winnie captured our attention. So we introduced ourselves to take a peek inside and out and learn more. We’re RV junkies that way. Then again, whether you’re tenting, pulling a trailer, or driving a retro rig or a million-dollar coach, most camping folk wanna see what the other guy’s got.

Then, the festival was over and we went our separate ways.

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When Music Festival Tunes Come From the Campsite

Looking to upgrade your camper’s stereo system? Aren’t we all? We met a couple at Lockn’ Music Festival – Kris Hall and Nick Mullins – who mostly gutted the stereo in their travel trailer and installed a serious system. Their story is below. Warning: Audiophiles will dig the depth of detail Nick queued up. Others’ eyes may glaze over. Pro Tip: Even if you don’t have a camper or care about AV, find people like Kris and Nick who do. They’ll have the best sound around.

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Unleashing Your (Inner) Child: Camping & Music Festivals For All Ages

By Jeff Zbar

 

Time was when this music festival-going parent saw a weekend retreat to a music festival as an escape from the demands of family obligations. I mean, I was an involved dad and all. When they were squirts, I was the lone daddy who took our kids to “Mommy and Me.” As they grew, I shepherded them to dance competitions and travel hockey tournaments.

But what could be more escapish than critter-free times with a group of friends unleashed into our favorite music and camping scene, with a few libations and whatnot thrown in – especially with the kids in their mother’s able (maybe more able than my own) hands?

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New Camping Products For Roadtrips and Music Festivals

RoadtripMojo spent a few hours at the West Palm Beach RV Show last weekend scouting new rigs and products for the campsite and music festival fair grounds. We dig walking RV shows. Did one a month ago. There’ll be another in a month or two. Yeah, we’re kinda quirky that way.

But we’re on a hunt for the latest or time-tested innovations that we unearth at these shows. Some products are new. Some are new to us. Some won’t jazz tent campers. Most are bright shiny objects that piqued our interest – and may turn heads among other RVers, campers, and festival goers. Best of all, most are buy today / use today simple (OK, maybe not new rubber for the RV, but read on and you’ll see…).

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FloydFest: Two Decades of Camping & Jams in Western Va.

Take 80 acres in rural Virginia an hour’s drive out of Roanoke. Drop in a line-up of the top musicians and acts from across the jam, blues, bluegrass, Zydeco, Appalacian, and Americana space. Create scenic views from the Blue Ridge Plateau that would make a National Geographic photographer’s shutter finger envious.

And you have FloydFest.

Bordering Patrick and namesake Floyd counties, the festival is pushing two decades as a staple in the Midlantic coast music scene. Before there was Wanee (RIP), Mountain Jam, Peach, or Lockn’, there was FloydFest.

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