Here's another look at Old Songs from the attendee's point of view.

I'd urge you to camp there if you go. I think people who come in and just go to the concerts miss half the fun. In my personal opinion.

But if you do camp, some random thoughts:

1) Be prepared to live with being dirty. There's no place to swim, and showers enough for about one hundredth as many people who want them. Bring handi-wipes and stuff like that.

2) Bring some kind of awning or source of shade and/or rain protection. The camping area is very exposed.

3) Either bring lots of food (and beer or wine if you indulge) or lots of money for the vendors. Both is better, since you'll need money for the vendors of things other than food in any event. Right, Sandy?

4) Bring tempered steel tent stakes. In that root-and-stone infested clay in the infield, aluminum or plastic just curl up when you try to drive them in. Tungsten carbide would be better, but I don't think you can buy tent stakes made of that.

5) Bring a pair of work or hiking boots you were just getting ready to throw out. If it's a rainy one, the mud gets to be such that it makes more sense to wear them all weekend and throw them in the trash when you leave.

6) If you play guitar, think about where you're going to put your guitar when not in use. If it's warm and sunny, lock it in the car and the sun will destroy it. A tent with the sun on it is not much better. A Climate case is a good investment, but a space blanket to just throw over the instruments is better than nothing. There's also the trick of putting your guitar inside your sleeping bag during the day.

More later as it comes to me.

Peter.