The concert last night was a lot of fun. I ended up getting to the fairgrounds parking at around 3:30 and the place was already packed. I lucked out in that I was directed to park right next to the entrance, so it made things a lot easier when folks were attempting to locate us through the evening. Apparently the parking opened a couple of hours early (around noon) since there were already a 100 or so cars parked on the highway. I didn't have a chance to really wander too long, but there was tailgating goodness as far as I could see. There had to be a massive amount of food and beverage consumed. I brought out the propane grill and cooked up some turkey sausage and chicken while boiling the corn on the stove. I got to play with my new hand crank blender and it worked great. How can you tailgate at a buffet concert and not have real margaritas? Throughout the evening a bunch of hashers showed up (Slim Prickins, Dances with Dildos, Hops on Pops (and some other Gainesville hashers), BallChecker, Cockblock, Battery Motivated Wench, Kitty Litter, Dabadoo, Hops Her Barley, Smelley, Ben Gay, and other various friends of friends. Corey was awesome in that he went into the amphitheater a couple of hours early and secure some prime real estate on the lawn for the whole group so that we could hang out at the camper until just before show started.
There was no opening act for the show that started around 8. The concert was very lively and most of the major songs, at least any that I know, seemed to have been covered. With the break half-way through, the music ended just before 11 o'clock. We leisurely made our way back to the trailer and reset the chairs to hang around while the traffic dies down. I didn't want to waste time idling and figure it is just best to relax a bit after the events until the cops kick us out about 90 minutes later. For whatever reason, a couple of us decided to go down to Ybor and close down the Green Iguana until about 3. I got up in the morning, did a few projects in the garage, and now have to pack for an overnight trip to Orlando for a birthday party before coming back to hit Fort De Soto Saturday night. The weather is turning out great right now and is a perfect time to spend outdoors.
The concert last night was a lot of fun. I ended up getting to the fairgrounds parking at around 3:30 and the place was already packed. I lucked out in that I was directed to park right next to the entrance, so it made things a lot easier when folks were attempting to locate us through the evening. Apparently the parking opened a couple of hours early (around noon) since there were already a 100 or so cars parked on the highway. I didn't have a chance to really wander too long, but there was tailgating goodness as far as I could see. There had to be a massive amount of food and beverage consumed. I brought out the propane grill and cooked up some turkey sausage and chicken while boiling the corn on the stove. I got to play with my new hand crank blender and it worked great. How can you tailgate at a buffet concert and not have real margaritas? Throughout the evening a bunch of hashers showed up (Slim Prickins, Dances with Dildos, Hops on Pops (and some other Gainesville hashers), BallChecker, Cockblock, Battery Motivated Wench, Kitty Litter, Dabadoo, Hops Her Barley, Smelley, Ben Gay, and other various friends of friends. Corey was awesome in that he went into the amphitheater a couple of hours early and secure some prime real estate on the lawn for the whole group so that we could hang out at the camper until just before show started.
There was no opening act for the show that started around 8. The concert was very lively and most of the major songs, at least any that I know, seemed to have been covered. With the break half-way through, the music ended just before 11 o'clock. We leisurely made our way back to the trailer and reset the chairs to hang around while the traffic dies down. I didn't want to waste time idling and figure it is just best to relax a bit after the events until the cops kick us out about 90 minutes later. For whatever reason, a couple of us decided to go down to Ybor and close down the Green Iguana until about 3. I got up in the morning, did a few projects in the garage, and now have to pack for an overnight trip to Orlando for a birthday party before coming back to hit Fort De Soto Saturday night. The weather is turning out great right now and is a perfect time to spend outdoors.
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