actually, yes, it DID rain! On Monday around 4 am...my tent was flattened (practically with me in it, as i was standing half out the door tyring to hold down the rain fly which was threatening to blow away). The wind was so strong it destroyed one of my tent poles...ripped the aluminum fitting in half...

I was soaked and homeless but, having moved my tent over into the shady RV spot eveyone is crowing about (Mudcatters, we WILL request this spot as a group next year, yes??? If one of us has an RV they can't refuse us; it has electric and water hookups), I stole into an unlocked (thank gods) truck which happily contained a pillow and blanket in the back of the seats...I left a thank you note to the unwitting Samaritans who, like their neighbors in the shady Yuppie compound, did not stir from their rigs until well after I had left the next morning...

I waited out the storm, then slept a bit nad groggily watched the honeywagon guys take the portapotties and portable sinks away...at least the fairgrounds bathrooms were fixed by then!

Very thankful I did not have to spend the night in a wet tent....

(where I come from, when a strom hits in the middle of the night, you check on those poor souls in tents to see if they're okay, but that's just me I guess)...

I tent to get "peopled out" at these things so was thankful for the fine hospitality at the Chucks' humble abode...they let kendall and i come cook dinner with then so we did not have to eat alone on the hot dusty field (we got assigned the crappiest camping spot ever--"quiet area" my ass; it was right next to the entrance of the vending area!)

I attended a number of dance workshops (more accessible showers would have come in handy but I managed okay) and enjoyed them immensely. I got frienly (somewhat)with one of the musicians in le Vent du Nord, a very fun and excellent Quebecois band...they are playing Summerfest in New Bedford next week so check them out!

Looking forward to next year, if all goes well...

peg