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Post by itrainmonkeys on Jun 3, 2009 14:54:58 GMT -5
Usually Monday Morning. Try to get a little sleep sunday night and then leave when I wake up. Sunday it's been crowded. I wait for the camp sites to clear up
We stayed until Monday morning last year because we were in no hurry to leave Plus, we waited for the big "fireworks show"on Sunday night some wook had told us about. Yeah, that never happened.
Post by dreamingtree on Jun 3, 2009 15:03:00 GMT -5
I live an hour away and have to go to work on Monday, so I always leave on Sunday night. Sometimes I wait till the shows are done, sometimes I leave before. This year I will be waiting until Phish walk off stage ;D
Post by plasticpepper on Jun 3, 2009 15:03:28 GMT -5
In 07 we stayed until Monday morning. We thought about leaving Sunday night but we didn't really want to have to pack up the tent in the dark and the people who were driving were too tired to drive overnight, so we grabbed a bit of sleep and then left super early Monday morning.
I left after Deathcab on Sunday last year. Does it take a really long time to get out of there on Monday morning with peole all leaving at once? I have to be in class Tuesday afternoon but I know I need to stay in a hotel Monday at some point to get the Bonnafunk off me for the majority of the drive home. I wanted to leave Sunday night again but my my hubby Dallas wants to wait until Monday. He doesn't want to miss anything breaking the tent & crap down Sunday and also doesn't want to do it after the last show Sunday.
Does it take a really long time to get out of there on Monday morning with peole all leaving at once?
When we left really early on Monday morning, there was basically nobody around. I think we saw a couple other cars driving out, but nothing you could call traffic - we got out of there really quickly, no trouble at all. This was really early though - if I remember correctly we got up like as the sun was coming up or something. I seem to remember we were starting to take the tent down and it was still basically dark.
02 Sunday night - L A T E could've been considered Monday morning.... 03 Sunday night - after the Dead 06 Monday morning 08 Sunday night - during Panic 09 plans are Monday morning
Post by reedunkulis on Jun 3, 2009 16:23:36 GMT -5
My crew and I always leave every year Monday morning and never have a problem getting out. People seem to start leaving the grounds throughout the entire day and night on Sunday, so it never seems like a wait to get out. And besides, its not like they're checking us while we're leaving!
Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Jun 3, 2009 16:30:25 GMT -5
I said Monday morning, but it will most likely be afternoon before I hit the road. I've been the last three years and always have left on Monday and always afternoon, I think. Traffic has never been an issue.
Post by mangopositive on Jun 3, 2009 16:35:26 GMT -5
Traditionally, I leave mid-day Sunday (as I despise Panic), but that dog a'int gonna hunt this year. Even though home is just 2 short hours away, the missus and I are staying until Monday. She said, "Sure, we can leave after Phish... so long as you're DD". Har-de-har-har.
The past three years I've been going, I left Sunday evening during the headliner. It's always been hot shower & warm bed at a motel vs. the Sunday headliner, and I'm not a big jam fan, so that's always easy. I'll most likely stay for Phish this year because I'm interested in seeing them and wouldn't mind seeing my first Sunday headliner, but might leave right after
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As much as I love Bonnaroo, I do usually check out early. I generally hang around until late afternoon/early evening on Sunday and leave after seeing any remaining must-sees. I only live a few hours away, but since I have to be at work Monday and I lose an hour driving home when I cross the time-zone, I like to get back at a reasonable hour.
Last year I left Sunday morning, though. I had a wicked Calculus II test the next day to study for... but I wound up failing it anyway and would have been better off just staying.