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Girl Camper Makes Camping Cool for All

Janine Pettit didn’t discover girl camping. But she sure made it popular. Known across social media as “Girl Camper,” Pettit was a stay-at-home mom who raised three kids before turning her husband’s green light to join a camping group more than a decade ago into her own adventure. Now, she’s a well-known camping and RV festival enthusiast.

RoadtripMojo first met Pettit at the Florida RV Super Show back in 2018. She was showing off the latest Liberty Outdoors Mini Max teardrop trailer. We were smitten with the trailer. Her story, however, captured our imagination.

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Kamp Happiness: Creating a Home for Your Music Festival Camping Tribe

There’s a vibe that rolls through Kamp Happiness. Maybe it’s from the musicians playing beneath the pop-up tents, or the friends gathered close. Maybe it’s the crew sitting ‘round the campfire, drinks and guitars in hand.

Or maybe it’s just the welcome calling out from the darkness when we happened upon Kamp Happiness late the first night of Suwannee Roots Revival back in October.

“Come on in,” a woman’s voice beckoned. And on in we came.

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Sit Down with the Producer: James Cornett – Music Fan From a Music Festival Family

James Cornett of the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (photo courtesy Live For Live Music)

When the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park last spring announced the dates for its 2018 Hulaween Music Festival, it was a eagerly awaited announcement about the latest in more than 30 years of live events and music education from the family business James Cornett leads today.

As President and CEO of Cornett’s Spirit of the Suwannee, Inc., James carries on what parents Bob and Miss Jean started as bluegrass festivals back in their native Kentucky. It was the quintessential “family business” with James, just 12 at the time, selling tickets and picking up trash.

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Soulshine Farm Music Festival: Sweet as Tupelo Honey

By Barry Bluth

Soulshine Farm Music Fest is a three-day, homegrown, mountain top “bluegrass” music festival tucked on the side of Green Mountain, North Carolina. The festival grew out of a birthday celebration with Mac Arnold of Muddy Waters fame being the original band. Today, it’s as fun as modern music festivals can be.

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Soulshine Farm Music Fest: A Mountaintop Camping Feast for the Senses

By Barry Bluth

Soulshine is a song that has always meant something very special to me. I’m not really sure when it began, but it’s been one of those songs with meaning that struck a chord with me. Maybe it came at Lockn Festival, when my wife, Jen, and I stood about 10 feet from Warren Haynes as he serenaded us with Soulshine into Tupelo Honey back into Soulshine. That show was the most expensive ticket I’d ever laid my hands on, but it was her birthday, after all.  It was a memorable moment that could not have been sweeter.

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