...or should I say Mudfest 2007! So Country Thunder has been held in Arizona and Wisconsin for years, but this was the first year for it to be held in Texas as well. Apparently, part of the reason they chose the location they did for the concert, was because over the past 23 years over Memorial day weekend it hadn't rained over that plot of land...interesting, considering it pretty much rained for four days.
It was madness. The concert was cancelled two of the four days and we had a tornado scare on the first day of the concert. By the second day of the concert, there were HUGE puddles sitting everywhere. We had to buy rain boots just to walk around the place. It kind of stunk because we had to do a downgraded stage show from the roof of our trailer, which resulted in less interaction with the fans.
By the last day of the event, the concert was cancelled and they were evacuating everyone. They had tractors out there pulling people out of the mud. We waited the majority of the afternoon just to get pulled out. Finally, we had a good ol' John Deere tractor hitch up our trailer and pull us out.
Not quite what I expected for our first event, but a good learning experience nonetheless. We are now back in Nashville until mid-June and then we are on the road for good. I've attached some pictures from the muddy madness and other fun stuff!
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