View Full Version : General feel for tent spots
HonkeyTonker
11-07-2008, 07:40 AM
I wanna tent this year. how is the general feel from those tent spots? is it mostly family, mostly partiers??? late nights.... late mornings??? any quiet hours??? etc....
IheartMillerLite
11-07-2008, 08:32 AM
It was $50 per person to pitch a tent. It was worth it to me. I barely slept anyway. =) There was mix of people there from families to late night partiers. Beware of the floodlights that never seem to go off....
SACRAMENTO!!!
11-07-2008, 08:37 AM
agreed IHML. But then again if you get drunk AND tired enough, the floodlights don't matter. :)
HonkeyTonker
11-07-2008, 09:41 AM
agreed IHML. But then again if you get drunk AND tired enough, the floodlights don't matter. :)
sounds like ill fit in well ;)
horsephotographer
11-07-2008, 09:44 AM
looks like they may need extra tent space this year....:D
HonkeyTonker
11-07-2008, 09:47 AM
looks like they may need extra tent space this year....:D
was it full last year?? i spent my time in a hotel....
Kymery
11-07-2008, 10:09 AM
looks like they may need extra tent space this year....:D
I agree...they do need more..they looked like sardines!
Cooter
11-07-2008, 10:15 AM
It was $50 per person to pitch a tent. It was worth it to me. I barely slept anyway. =) There was mix of people there from families to late night partiers. Beware of the floodlights that never seem to go off....
and that floodlight known as the sun that will begin to bake you like a potato immediately as it rises.
HonkeyTonker
11-07-2008, 11:36 AM
and that floodlight known as the sun that will begin to bake you like a potato immediately as it rises.
ah.... the stupid sun, i remember how hot it was last year now... it was UBERRR hot especially witht he al-ki in your system.
honkytonkangel
11-07-2008, 01:03 PM
I wanna tent this year. how is the general feel from those tent spots? is it mostly family, mostly partiers??? late nights.... late mornings??? any quiet hours??? etc....
I posted this somewhere else but it fits here better: (and I have tent camped two years in a row)
My advice is NO KIDDIES in THE TENT AREA!!! It was REALLY bad this year..the partying and mahem was out of control!! And not in a good way!! It was like nothing I had ever seen. I suggested strongly in my survey reply that they have seperate "family friendly" tent area..hopefully more people had the same idea...I really felt for those folks who had their kids with them..if it had been me and my kids (if I had any) I would have packed up and left.
Kymery
11-07-2008, 01:13 PM
Thank goodness I have a lock on my trailer...not that Doug was able to use it after his 2 mile stumble!! DAng..still wish I had taken that pic!!
I heard about the incident but I had not heard that it was a security guard.
SACRAMENTO!!!
11-07-2008, 02:45 PM
That's what I heard. And I also heard that was the reason for the floodlights being on so long at night.
It did get pretty crazy in Forum. :)
Good times with Jell-O shots and Skully! :)
horsephotographer
11-07-2008, 02:53 PM
Hopefully it will be cooler this year....
and a whole lot less windy. I don't know how some of those tents stayed down.
horsephotographer
11-07-2008, 03:08 PM
The wind here can be amazing...Like the wizard of OZ...
Ok I gotta get off this board.It is stealing my productive time once more...
It is always so much fun to chat on here......:D
Hope all is well Rose...:)
IheartMillerLite
11-07-2008, 04:38 PM
That's what I heard. And I also heard that was the reason for the floodlights being on so long at night.
It did get pretty crazy in Forum. :)
Good times with Jell-O shots and Skully! :)
Yup, and that's why those security guys were riding around on ATVs all night. I couldn't sleep at all the last night! Besides the fact that I had a passed out bull rider in my tent area. I'll need more jello shots if Frank is making a repeat appearance!
HonkeyTonker
11-07-2008, 04:48 PM
I posted this somewhere else but it fits here better: (and I have tent camped two years in a row)
My advice is NO KIDDIES in THE TENT AREA!!! It was REALLY bad this year..the partying and mahem was out of control!! And not in a good way!! It was like nothing I had ever seen. I suggested strongly in my survey reply that they have seperate "family friendly" tent area..hopefully more people had the same idea...I really felt for those folks who had their kids with them..if it had been me and my kids (if I had any) I would have packed up and left.
SWEET this is exactally what i wanted!
SACRAMENTO!!!
11-07-2008, 05:47 PM
Yup, and that's why those security guys were riding around on ATVs all night. I couldn't sleep at all the last night! Besides the fact that I had a passed out bull rider in my tent area. I'll need more jello shots if Frank is making a repeat appearance!
Aw Frank. WOW!
Yeah, I am hoping he won't make a repeat appearance. Although it was hilarious.
NicoleErin
11-09-2008, 10:12 AM
Good times with Jell-O shots and Skully! :)
Aw man! We weren't part of it, but gosh, do we remember "Skully"! We got lucky and were right against the wide walkway down the middle, which made for some great people watching.
One night the floodlights went off at like 4am (I was still awake cuz of them!), then people finally calmed down.
We totally learned our weather lesson!! Freezing once the sun sets, even more freezing during the night, and the VERY second the sun rose, it was roasting!
The wind was a disaster the last night, the base of our tent stayed put, but the roof was concaving/dipping down into our faces! We couldn't pack up fast enough that last morning!
horsephotographer
11-09-2008, 10:58 AM
Great....:eek::eek::eek:
With all this talking about the wind here it came back today with vengence...
This is paradise and yet the wind seem's to ruin your day here....
It is so windy here at the Stagecoach grounds today....:eek:
HonkeyTonker
11-09-2008, 10:21 PM
ya it was pretty windy in San Diego and in South Orange County. I was in OC earlier and was uber windy.