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[austin_tycho]

I'm not going to Flipside this year. I think I've mentioned it before, but I saw someone who is going and chatted with her about it. I'm of two minds... with the weather being like it is, it's hard to imagine not camping at every opportunity, and I feel regret that I'm not going. Now, the fact that today's pleasantness will soon enough become tomorrow's sweltering furnace deters me. Plus, they're apparently becoming more hostile towards car camping which makes no sense- 95% of the people there will be driving a car that has to go somewhere, and pitching a tent or some other living space. In other words, 2 big footprints where there could be only one- the car that has to get you there anyway.

Also, it's been getting bigger. The land they're holding it on maxes out at, in my opinion, about 600. More than that, and it's just too crowded, and it starts to feel like there's nowhere you can be to enjoy nature and have quiet time, which is a big part of why I go camping in the first place. The person I talked to today mentioned that they'd sold 800 tickets, and some of them are starting to realize that this might not have been such a great idea. I'm sad to have to say goodbye to Flipside, just as I was sad to say goodbye to CMA when they got too big for their britches. I suppose this will be the transitional year where I try to find another organization that has camp-outs, and stick with them until they get too big for their britches. Camping at these sort of events fulfills a socialization need, or else we'd just camp by ourselves. Maybe I could find some camping buddies.

Comments

[todfox.livejournal.com]

Have you considered some of the smaller Rec. Plant burn events, like the various Soup events? You can camp/park pretty much wherever at those usually.

[mielikki.livejournal.com]

Yeah; those sound like they just may do the trick. I need to figure out how to get to where I'm not hearing about them the week before so I can request time off. Thanks for the idear!

[austingoddess.livejournal.com]

I haven't! Do tell!

[scorpionis.livejournal.com]

We'll be having Io Pan Jam at RecPlant May 7-9. It's likely to be *very* small, so you wouldn't have to worry about not having access to nature. I don't think anyone will give you shit about camping in your car, either. I don't think there's been any serious planning for this year's event yet so I don't know what will be going on specifically. But if you just want a chance to camp, hang out at RecPlant, and just chill with like-minded people, you might think about coming out. I'm totally with you on your thoughts about Flipside: anything more than 600 people out there is just undoable.

[mielikki.livejournal.com]

That sounds excellent- I didn't go last year when you'd mentioned it because I was gonna go to Flipside. Do you remember about how much it cost? I was trying to find info out on the web, but their site appears to be down.

Thanks! That sounds like a good plan (now to see if I can get that Sunday off...)