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”
Summer is here with the first heat wave having rolled through the East. The 2018 Music Festival Season is in full swing. With some heavy hitting fests on deck, like Bonnaroo, Peach Fest, and Lollapalooza, and many others throughout the summer and into fall, it’s important to beat the heat and not let scorching temps ruin a good time. Here’s a few tips to get you started.
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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”