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Post by randallpinkfloyd on Jun 22, 2007 3:32:06 GMT -5
any BFE dwellers wide eyed on unmentionables find themselves feeling like they knew where their going after the late night shows, but were actually wandering in several circles and after realizing theyve made zero progress to camp, found themselves sitting and staring at the maps? ;D
Post by tok4nug2nati0n on Jun 22, 2007 3:53:28 GMT -5
;D I ended up at the search on I-24, all the way at the end of Bushy Branch... then had to walk all the way to the end of Woodland Ave. I always felt like everyone was walking so much faster than I was.
What a pain. ???
But soooo worth it. I didn't get back till 5am, tho.
When they come to take you down When they bring that wagon round When they come to call on you and drag your poor body down Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me Please forget you know my name, my darling sugaree Shake it, shake it sugaree, just dont tell them that you know me
Post by strumntheguitar on Jun 22, 2007 10:41:10 GMT -5
Wow, you could see the arch and the mainstage from my campsite and I still managed to get lost after 2 latenights. i couldn't imagine if I had been that far away, I probably would have just crashed somewhere in Centeroo.
Post by bamadancer on Jun 22, 2007 10:45:31 GMT -5
Haha, we were camped in BFE, and I had to walk my boyfriend back on Friday and my little bro had to walk my friend back on Saturday...thank goodness for babysitters
Post by randallpinkfloyd on Jun 23, 2007 2:51:13 GMT -5
haha, i thought i knew exactly where i was going too...when someone saw me staring at the map he was like "the more you look the more it doesnt make sense..."
We were out there and I definately felt that way - but somehow we managed everytime - although Sat night/Sunday morning it seemed like it was a lot longer then it should have been
I got lost in broad daylight, took the left instead of the right at the centeroo exit and ended up on a two hour tour of vip errr somewhere, it felt like the sun was cooking my brain, i couldnt make any rational decisions, finally i just had to walk back to the ferris wheele. Night navigation was easier for me actually.
LOL. At the first Bonnaroo on the first night, we were in the same situation. We were so lost. Everything looks the same in the dark. We walked around in circles. We actually bumped into a girl who was also lost. She was asking us where we were. All of us were completely turned around. To make things, worse, my best friend had a broken ankle and was walking on crutches. Pretty crazy night, but we eventually found camp... after about an hour walking in circles.
I could probably navigate that place with my eyes closed now, I've been there enough to know it like the back of my hand. The Pod Balloons definitely help, though. They didn't have those in 02 (they were added in 05), and we were only guided that year by a Purple Octupus (RIP), that eventually became our saving grace for the whole weekend.
Yea, the Purple Octopus made it to the first 3 Roos Before eventually dying in the Torrential storm of Saturday Night 2004 during the Dead's setbreak. Thing was wonderful for guiding those first years. Bonnaroo eventually took the queue of the Purple Octupus and inflated their own balloons.
Post by mindexpansi0n on Jun 24, 2007 20:45:00 GMT -5
Luckily I was camped right off of Bushy Branch and used one of the generator lightposts as a guide to find my spot every night.
Now - on Friday night - on a head full of gellies I was doing laps around the Pod 10 and 11 area just to keep myself sane... I must have walked in a huge circle about 4 or 5 times.
Yea, the Purple Octopus made it to the first 3 Roos Before eventually dying in the Torrential storm of Saturday Night 2004 during the Dead's setbreak. Thing was wonderful for guiding those first years. Bonnaroo eventually took the queue of the Purple Octupus and inflated their own balloons.
If that was YOUR purple octopus that means we were neighbors in '02! Small 'roo isn't it
no not, mine. We were really close to it on 02 though. Thre was a thread on the inforoo back pre-bonnaroo 2005 about the octopus and it's fate in 2004. I'm sure it's still here somewhere, buried in the back pages.
I definitely had that issue in 03 prior to the pod balloons. I walked around for an hour after the Meters set and finally just said fuck it and went back to centeroo. Thankfully I ran into one of my friends on her way back and found the site. Turns out they had put up some tarps after I went to centeroo and I walked by my site a good 10 times before giving up.
The pod balloons definitely helped in 05 and 06. This year we were camped really close and right off shakedown and I could see the shade tents from my campsite easily from shakedown so it was easy to find, but 03 and 04 it seemed really tough to get back "home"
Post by tok4nug2nati0n on Jun 25, 2007 9:53:18 GMT -5
Holy nuts dude, you live right across the river from me... ahah... I live in Downtown Gloucester.
Camp Q was both great and horrid. At least I wasn't too far from Centeroo, so far as it was before midnight.
When did you go see the Leaf? I seen them up at Brown's Island (the free concert, back in May, I think... I've been to a few Brown's Island shows since then, for Galactic, Keller, etc.) I also went to their CD release party at the Norva, seen them at the Kimball theatre in Williamsburg. Saw Sonya Kitchell there last year, with Ben Taylor... James' son. Then Mike Doughty played the Kimball a month or two later, if I recall my order correctly. Think I've seen Keller six or seven times this year... you could also call me the guy who wrote and maintains Keller Williams' Wikipedia page. Hell, I even ran into Keller's mom this year. She can dance up a groove, that woman. Just figuring-- we've probably been to a few of the same concerts. (My next show is YMSB @ the norva, July 14th.. last was Old Crow on June 21st @ the Norva, day after I got back from Roo)...
I couldn't keep up with everything around here without 92.3, man. Bruce Hornsby done good.
When they come to take you down When they bring that wagon round When they come to call on you and drag your poor body down Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me Please forget you know my name, my darling sugaree Shake it, shake it sugaree, just dont tell them that you know me
Oh man. On Thursday night, we had a "tequila tasting," and after I saw Clutch and RodGab, I made my way back to BFE. I must have done a few laps around the grounds, because THREE FUCKIN' hours later.. I finally stumbled my way back to my camp.
Post by tok4nug2nati0n on Jun 25, 2007 10:12:07 GMT -5
I swear, nearly every time I had to make a venture into Centeroo, I would be offered vodka by my neighbors (right when I'd get my things together to leave) then end up making bottled mix drinks with orange juice or that powdered flavoring stuff.
I also noted quite a few Beer Pong-ees this year. Ah, the game of beer.
Either way, those instances always made my Centeroo trek that much better... although, it made finding camp just that much more difficult.
When they come to take you down When they bring that wagon round When they come to call on you and drag your poor body down Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me Please forget you know my name, my darling sugaree Shake it, shake it sugaree, just dont tell them that you know me
Post by lordrockinhood on Jun 25, 2007 10:33:48 GMT -5
sparklybecca said:
alyroo said:
I didn't really have a problem with getting lost but tent lines are lethal!!!
OH YES.
i almost fell a few times
My neighbor's tent lines caused the space between our sights to become 'trip and fall alley' so to speak... as I sat in a chair on Friday morning drinking breakfast beer and watching person after person tumble and fall. I didn't want to touch someone else's stuff, but after a while I finally said screw it and pulled the stakes out hopefully saving a life or two. It was hysterical while it lasted though. Hey, by the way, that barbed wire fence out by Bushy Branch was intense... i mean, i had enough trouble with the little string that was tied around the roads that bordered our area, couldn't imagine having to remember not to walk into that piece of metal death that was bordering things over there
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
Friday night (well 4am Sat) 2 girls kept circling our area looking confused. We finally asked if we could help and they said they were completely lost. We let them sleep on the mattress in the back of my truck. They woke up about 9am. thanked us and disappeared. I guess they made it home.
Post by oleander124 on Jun 25, 2007 11:12:03 GMT -5
I wasn't in BFE and we lucked up on our site. We got lost the first night because I thought our road was further down. Boy was I pleasantly surprised to know our road was the first one after exiting Centeroo!
I found it hard to see the ground at night (both in Centeroo and the campsites). There were some areas on one of the main roads that made it impossible to see where you were going. I didn't know if I was about to walk into a hole or step in horse poo. I would have liked to know beforehand so stinky shoe could be avoided.
I def. was lost as hell on Wednesday night, I somehow got all turned around trying to get to the lower right BFE where Meg and Boz were, and they kept closing gates on me and making me walk around...
;D
