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Hangout was rather awesome. The size reminded me of early Bonnaroo years, before there were so many people that moving from stage to stage was slightly excruciating. I had the most fun at the Trombone Shorty show, was a dance party and a half! They rocked it. And of course, Paul Simon was wonderful. Enjoyed them all. Made some new friends too! (:

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Mountain Laurels were everywhere! Cute little flowers. So were these little Ninja Turtle lookin' spiders that I can't quite figure out what type they are. Maybe that's a strange description... but their abdomens looked like ninja turtle shells, straight up. They and the grandaddy long-legs loved to perch on the netting of the tent, which gave me a great vantage point (safely tucked inside) to watch them eat up other unfortunate wandering bugs. Quite entertaining!



Made some rather epic fires too! We got to experimenting with digging pits and then building both log cabin style vs. tepee style, etc. Great bagel toasting fires.


Also got to go float down the Cahaba on Sunday
with some great peeps, which if you live in AL and have not done, you MUST!
It's so very Alabama.
98 degree temps, tubes for your lazy river float, beer (and tubes for your cooler), thick accents a'plenty, cows, rope swing, and a red neck to follow. Lots of people seem to have caught on to this awesome spot, the river was full (which is very different from the last time I got to go). Quite the Sunday thing to do. Word of learned wisdom: don't bring anything you don't mind losing! Things seem to disappear.... ..

The last few weeks have been great! I would certainly do it all again, and am a bit less than thrilled to be getting back to the grind. However! More summer means more good things to come, right? Yes? Of course. Life is good.