Last weekend we went to the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival in Winfield. What an experience! Camping, old friends, new friends, great bluegrass and folk music, walk-abouts, campside jams... I already miss it. The girls and I look forward to this weekend all year. I've heard "It takes a year to recover from Winfield, and Winfield to recover from a year.
This year was a little different. The Walnut River flooded the campgrounds after 9 inches of rain farther up north. In fact, it even flooded the fairgrounds where the festival is held. Here's a link to a picture of what it looked like.
http://www.newscow.net/story.php?StoryID=2331
The campers were spread all over the county. We ended up camping at The Quail Valley Fun Barn. Not a lot of people were there, but we had music around us part of the night. Camping so far away from the fairgrounds made it interesting. In the past, we have been able to walk to our camp whenever we needed a break, or a thirst quencher, or a jacket. This year we had to plan ahead and pack whatever we needed to enjoy the shows we wanted to see. We stayed at the shows longer so we didn't drive back and forth, so we got to see some great acts. But we did miss the campground jams that make this festival so great. Still, it was a great, but short, weekend, and I'm already counting down the days until the next "3rd weekend in September."
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