Rockin’ RVing & Music Festival Camping
We spent three days hiking along, across, and near Carolina state and national parks bisected by the fabled Blue Ridge Parkway. With each hike, we remembered things we should have brought – including something to put them in: the day pack.
Continue reading “Doing a Walkabout at a Festival or the Woods: What’s in Your Day Pack?”
(Originally Published in July 2014)
The first thing I did when I learned the stars had aligned and I would be heading to the LOCKN’ Music Festival in rural Virginia, in early September, was check the line-up. Man, my first festival would be a doozie – The Allman Brothers band (on their farewell tour, no less), Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Umphrey’s McGee, and a host of other acts would be playing over four days. Equally important as the tunes was the totes. I’d be car camping. What should I bring…?
Continue reading “A Reflection on Car Camping for First-Time Music Festival Goers”
There comes a moment, between that time when the last partier has zipped up the tent in the primitive grounds or the RV door has closed for the night, and when the crews start setting the stage for the early morning sound check, that the darkened music festival fairgrounds belong to the silence. The sun hasn’t snuck up on the horizon, and the chorus of crickets is still in full-throated – or stridulating -glory.
For those cursed with the circadian rhythm of a cricket and who rise before the sun, what can you to do have fun before the crew has awakened? Maybe an outing that can wedge a little more adventure into your 24-hour day.
Continue reading “Zen, Biking, Bacon and the RV Rituals of Music Festival Mornings”
Deana and Brian have pitched tents in Florida campgrounds and music festivals. They know there’s nothing like unzipping the “door” come sun-up to the great outdoors, whether in Florida’s Wekiwa Springs State Park or the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park for the Wanee Festival. But when they bought tickets to the Runaway Country music festival this year in Kissimmee, Florida, they decided to change their lodging to one with a real door – and a host of other amenities – and they rented a camper.
Continue reading “Renting a Camper Opens a Door to the Great Outdoors”
When we started RVing to music festivals with our friends Barry and Jen, the smell of bacon frying in the morning outside their RV Bertha was enough to wake the tired masses and take the edge off any hangover. You can’t share that sweet, smoky aroma cooking bacon on a skillet in an RV’s indoor kitchen. It wafts wildly and most boldly when the pork’s being prepared outside – while allowing those inside to enjoy their slumber after a late night’s rage.
So, when we went looking for our own travel trailer, we sought that outdoor kitchen. Amazing how many sales reps said we couldn’t get an outdoor kitchen in a unit under 27 feet or so. We eventually found Cafe Nirvana in our Coachmen Freedom Express 249RBS.
Continue reading “RV Outdoor Kitchen Brings Music Festival Campsites to Flavorful Life”