Day 3- Phish

The next morning, we were greeted bright and early

by a beautiful sunny day.

By "we" I mean Casey, Steven, and I.

Orin decided that, due to his gallant efforts to keep us awake

until the wee hours of the morning,

he needed a little extra time to re-charge.

But it wasn't long until he joined us in the sun.

Although we hadn't realized it at the time,

when we had driven in the night before, we had been given

one of the best camping sites possible.

"Family camping" was close to everything:

the sinks, mist tent, first aid station, ice vendors,

port-a-potties, and the stages.

If it wasn't for Orin, we would have been placed

in one of the far corners of the farm.

He was happy to take the credit.

Before we could get started with the day,

we had a few extra things in our campsite to set up,

including the most important component of the whole site:

the sun-shade.

(the awkward-looking blue thing in the middle of the next picture)

The large majority of the time we spent at camp was

devoted to the constant reshuffling process

necessary to keep ourselves and the cooler

within the 2X4 foot section of shade that the sun-shade produced.

But it was certainly better than nothing.

Music started every day around noon,

so after a lazy morning trying to stay cool,

we joined the amoeba herding into the main venue.

The mid-day sun was brutal,

so we alternated spending time both in the venue

-listening to music, checking out the various booths,

people watching (there were certainly some crazies),

fighting for spots in the shade,

and trying desperately to stay hydrated-

and at camp

-sprawled out on lawn chairs, muttering about the heat,

and storing up enough energy to

make the (very short) walk to the mist tent-

By 6 or 7pm, right around the time some of the best bands

would play, the temperature would drop to a reasonable level.

Music went until 3-4am every night

and we couldn't come up with a reason to miss a moment of it.

The first night, the highlight was the 3 1/2 hour Phish set.

Here they are for all of you Phish heads,

reunited and rocking out.

Stay tuned.