Rockin’ RVing & Music Festival Camping
Review by Jam Band Purist
FloydFest is billed as “five days of Music, Magic, and Mountains” featuring adventure, vendors, food, brews and more than 100 artists. It helps that campers enjoy that same experience. After all, when camping atop a mountain – the Blue Ridge Mountains, no less – the experience peaks like the altitude itself.
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One glance at the fan base of any music and arts festival makes clear today’s festivals aren’t just for young turks. While they may not be Mick, Keef and the boys (as seen above, courtesy Getty Images), Baby Boomer roadtrippers and other middle-aged – ahem, Golden – travelers are hitting the highway and festival scene in record numbers. One thing they realize that younger fans often deny: They aren’t invincible. So staying healthy on the road or at a music festival is important.
When #RoadtripMojo went on the hunt for Facebook Like No. 450, the winning Like went to Ian Easton, a Gainesville, Fla., resident and big-time music lover. For his efforts, Ian landed himself a sweet double hammock.
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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.
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(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”