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Post by generalstore on Feb 17, 2009 12:49:14 GMT -5
ITT: Your memorable experiences on the way or coming back from Roo.
Monday last year, driving back up I-81, I'm behind the wheel and a loaded up blue hatchback with 4 people in it painted up with Bonnaroo or Bust streaks past me going over 90 MPH.
"Man they're going to get a ticket"
20 mins later there they are pulled over by a Virginia Trooper, I smile as I pass by cruising along at the speed limit.
Another 20 mins go by and wooooosh! They start to wiz by like getting a ticket was no thing, but look out! Deer in the road. Boom! Hatchback, meet deer, deer, hatchback!
I swerve to get out of the way of the car and the deer carcass and amazingly make it through the collision with out nary a scratch. I check my rear view and see the hatchback pulled over to the side of the road.
"Well that'll teach them."
But 20 mins later, yup you guessed it, woooosh blue streaking hatchback zooms past me with a crushed in front bumper and hood, with a lot of blood covering the front.
Thankfully I didn't see them again after that. Hopefully I won't be sharing the road with them again this year either.
Post by neighborhooodcreep on Feb 17, 2009 18:04:36 GMT -5
On the way back I got lost somehow due to the floods in Iowa and ended up taking a 3 hour detour, then got pulled over for falling asleep at the wheel (in minneapolis) which luckily happened or I wouldve eventually hit something.. the cop made one of my friends drive which was cool because I couldnt get them too haha
On the way there in'06 we got stuck in a big traffic jam in Kentucky and the people next to us were going to Roo. We were talking about it the whole time we were in traffic. We all got off at the same exit for gas and pit stops. One of my friends was in the bathroom and a guy from the other car knocked to see if anybody was in there. My friend yelled "Your mothers a whore!" thinking it was one of us. When he came out the other guy was crackin up since he figured that was meant for one of us. Lost those guys on the highway and never saw them again. We laughed about that the rest of the weekend though.
On our layover from Nashville to Cincinnatti after Roo '07 my buddy and I sat right next to Michael Ivings (bassist of the Flaming Lips). It was pret-ty cool.
1/22/2010- Mule
2/06/2010- Bob Weir & Phil Lesh 2/25- Buffet
3/18- Tea Leaf Green
4/3- Paul McCartney 4/15-Wanee Fest
6/5- James Taylor
6/10-6/13- Bonnaroo
7/28-DMB in Tampa
7/30 & 7/31- DMB in WPB
Last year we got stuck in a big rig traffic jam somewhere near Nashville on I-40. It was seriously dozens of big rigs and our little Saturn. We never figured out what happened, but there might have been an accident and at 2 AM Friday mornings that week of the year, the only vehicles on the road tend to be 18-wheelers and straggling Rooers. It was actually pretty scary because they were changing lanes like they operating scooters or something. We almost got merged on a few times, which would not have been good times.
On the way back, I won 15 dollars (technically it was ten) on an Indiana Jones scratchcard in a gas station on the east side of Nashville. It was awesome. I think I bought some snack cakes.
In 2006, on the way back I was tortured. It was a 10 hour drive and I was rocking a 2nd degree sunburn. I was miserable. My friend who was driving was playing her Classic Disney CDs and texting while driving, so she was swerving a lot. It was awful. I was trying to sleep because I was in so much pain, but that was impossible with her blaring "Let's Go Fly a Kite" from Mary Poppins.
^^ A Spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down The medicine go down-wown The medicine go down Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down In a most delightful way!!
haha your last post made me chuckle at the same time a feeling of nausea swarmed over me. I'd be SO miserable :0(
Yeah it sucked. I had HUGE blisters on my chest, shoulders, and upper back. I was lucky that I had a really soft pillow to recline on, but the jerking of the car defeated the purpose. I actually still have big scars from those blisters and it's the reason why I tell people as many times as possible every year to make sure your sunscreen is NEW or not expired when you use it! Mine had been sitting my hot car for a few months and totally didn't work anymore. I was an idiot!
Oh, I didn't mention the worst part: It was a 10 hour drive back to HER house. I had to drive myself another 2 hours back home. I couldn't wear my seatbelt properly and I had to pretty much hunch over the steering wheel. I really should have gone to the hospital or at least seen a doctor. lol
Well if anyone was in line early on Thursday morning last year, you may have seen a white truck with me and my buddy PASSED out in the truck...The caravan I was with said that around 5am, we were in line and it started moving, so he would get out of the car in front of me, wake me up, i would move forward a bit, then pass out again...He preceded to do this for a while then just stopped... So they said all these cars just kept rollin by us and then about 7 or 8am I woke up and we got in... It was pretty funny to me and them... we partied at walmart the night before, and i had no sleep after drivin from carolina, so thats my excuse!
