We went to Rhythm and Roots over Labor Day weekend. R & R is a three day Cajun music festival that is well attended by music lovers and dancers from around the country, and features many of the best Cajun and Zydeco bands (as well as other roots music). We had to travel about 10 miles to get there!! We have been to the festival before, but we have never had the opportunity to camp there. This year we did.
We arrived early on Friday morning. At least that was our perception. They said they would turn anyone away if they arrived before 9:00 AM. So, we felt safe in arriving around 8:30 – we could drive around the parking lot for 30 minutes!! To our surprise we were in the middle of what we thought was line 2. All and all, not too bad, there were about 50 or so ahead of us. (While the music did not start for another 8 hours, the need to be in line was that the space allocated to your camping pleasure was “found” on a first-come-first-serve basis. I guess all 51 of us felt the need to get there first.) Were we surprised when they started moving the lines – we were really in line 7 or 8 – there were 5 or 6 other lines in the other parking lot that we could not see! It easily took us 3 hours to find our “camping area” and get settle in. They were very efficient at handling all of us and we did get there as soon as we could. But, next year we may have to arrive at 6:00 AM. I wonder if they allow overnight camping in the lines??!!
The festival was wonderful. We listened to some old favorite bands: Magnolia, Red Stick Ramblers, and Steve Riley. We even got to listen to an old friend. Greg Piccolo played with Johnny Nicholas. They were very good. We often listen to (and dance to) Greg’s music. We were glad to see him at the festival. We listened to music and danced (when we could move all the parts of the body) from noon to midnight Friday (actually this day started at 5:00 PM) to Sunday.
The music was wonderful, the weather was spectacular and we had a great time. That is until it was time to leave. While we were a bit sad that the fun was over, it was more than that. We tried to start the RV and it would have none of that. We tried what we could for several hours. We even drove home to get some helpful tools. But, nothing worked. So, we had no choice but to leave it there and have it towed the next day. In one last attempt to be sure that it would not start, we tried it again – after 4 hours or trying things. And it started right up. It was driven to the RV dealership and the next day they replaced the starter. A bit of a bummer, but at least we did get it out of the festival area on time and all in now well.
Laisser les Bon Temp roulez – toujours!
We arrived early on Friday morning. At least that was our perception. They said they would turn anyone away if they arrived before 9:00 AM. So, we felt safe in arriving around 8:30 – we could drive around the parking lot for 30 minutes!! To our surprise we were in the middle of what we thought was line 2. All and all, not too bad, there were about 50 or so ahead of us. (While the music did not start for another 8 hours, the need to be in line was that the space allocated to your camping pleasure was “found” on a first-come-first-serve basis. I guess all 51 of us felt the need to get there first.) Were we surprised when they started moving the lines – we were really in line 7 or 8 – there were 5 or 6 other lines in the other parking lot that we could not see! It easily took us 3 hours to find our “camping area” and get settle in. They were very efficient at handling all of us and we did get there as soon as we could. But, next year we may have to arrive at 6:00 AM. I wonder if they allow overnight camping in the lines??!!
The festival was wonderful. We listened to some old favorite bands: Magnolia, Red Stick Ramblers, and Steve Riley. We even got to listen to an old friend. Greg Piccolo played with Johnny Nicholas. They were very good. We often listen to (and dance to) Greg’s music. We were glad to see him at the festival. We listened to music and danced (when we could move all the parts of the body) from noon to midnight Friday (actually this day started at 5:00 PM) to Sunday.
The music was wonderful, the weather was spectacular and we had a great time. That is until it was time to leave. While we were a bit sad that the fun was over, it was more than that. We tried to start the RV and it would have none of that. We tried what we could for several hours. We even drove home to get some helpful tools. But, nothing worked. So, we had no choice but to leave it there and have it towed the next day. In one last attempt to be sure that it would not start, we tried it again – after 4 hours or trying things. And it started right up. It was driven to the RV dealership and the next day they replaced the starter. A bit of a bummer, but at least we did get it out of the festival area on time and all in now well.
Laisser les Bon Temp roulez – toujours!
