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« Reply #60 on May 30, 2012, 3:19pm » | |
Yeah, we were sitting in Wild Horse watching that line and drinking all afternoon and evening. It was sad.
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« Reply #61 on May 30, 2012, 3:23pm » | |
May 30, 2012, 2:11pm, Pea wrote:| The people on drugs late at night aren't the loud and obnoxious assholes. It's the college kids wearing neon that only drink all weekend that are up late screaming and blasting music. The druggies are too busy giggling in their camp chairs or wandering around on explorations. |
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This is true. The problem with District 9 isn't drugs - in fact, there were awesome drugs at Wild Horse, and it was a virtual barter economy of drugs - the problem with District 9 is 20 year olds who don't care about being nice to everyone else, they just want to show how loud and awesome they can be. Wild Horse just has this communal atmosphere. Nobody litters, nobody pukes on your tent, nobody blasts Skrillex outside your tent at 5am. We just eat and drink and make love.
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« Reply #62 on May 30, 2012, 3:23pm » | |
Sounds like shift change.
Anyway, I have a feeling that if/when I make my triumphant return to Sasquatch next year I'll be camping in Wildhorse. My fiancee has never done a multi-day music festival, and I'm not quite convinced that diving right into District 9 will be the best way to ensure she'll have a good time, and thus make it much much easier to attend subsequent 'squatches.
Good thing we've got quite a bit of time before we have to Dr. Garbanzoure that part out.
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« Reply #63 on May 30, 2012, 11:46pm » | |
speaking of that wagon train into the campground friday afternoon, was anyone behind the RV that tried to pull a U'ey and ended up getting stuck deep into the depths of the side road sands while multitudes of people emerged from there cars to push the immovable rock approximately zero point zero inches?
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« Reply #64 on May 31, 2012, 10:25am » | |
My friends and I are strongly considering Wildhorse next year after being in Premier the past 4 years and General the year before that. I'll be 28 in a few months and value my sleep more than partying until 5am, and my wife has never been to Sasquatch and wants to go with me in 2013. Much like alex's post above, I'm not sure my lady would want to ever return unless she has a positive camping experience, so count me in with the people likely making the jump to Wildhorse next year.
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« Reply #65 on May 31, 2012, 10:52am via the ProBoards Mobile App » | |
Sheesh! We've got a 30, 31, 32, 33, and a couple of 40+ year olds in our group and they keep coming back to general year after year. I'm stupified, y'all... STUPIFIED!
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« Reply #66 on May 31, 2012, 11:31am » | |
May 30, 2012, 2:24pm, wompwomp wrote:
May 30, 2012, 2:23pm, chud wrote:| I recall wishing I had purchased a Wildhorse campsite when we pulled up Friday afternoon to the biggest logjam I've ever experienced at the gorge. Everyone inside the horse were drinking and frisbeeing and I was sitting in traffic. |
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Fuuuuuuuuuck I was in that, it was brutal. Over an hour and a half to get in. |
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Next year continue up I-90 to George, and take Rd 1 NW to the campground. That would have saved an hour of waiting.
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« Reply #67 on May 31, 2012, 11:51am » | |
I don't think it's as much of an age thing as we make it out to be, just more of a preference thing. The main reason I strayed away this year was to party with my neighbours. I had great neighbours, but definitely did not do as much after hours partying as I thought I would, so I'm heading back to greener pastures. Plus, if a bunch of us are there this year that would be so much fun!
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« Reply #68 on May 31, 2012, 1:09pm » | |
May 31, 2012, 11:31am, wonk wrote:
May 30, 2012, 2:24pm, wompwomp wrote:
Fuuuuuuuuuck I was in that, it was brutal. Over an hour and a half to get in. |
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Next year continue up I-90 to George, and take Rd 1 NW to the campground. That would have saved an hour of waiting. |
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Were they actually letting people in from that side? We debated doing just that, but didn't want to be pooped to the back of the line if they wouldn't let us in. We got off I-90 at around 9:15pm on Thursday and finally got to our spot in the campground at almost midnight. It wasn't a good start to the weekend since that ate up an entire night that we could have been hanging out socializing. Wildhorse seems like a much better option than the clusterfuck that the Sasquatch campground was on Thursday night.
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« Reply #69 on May 31, 2012, 1:14pm via the ProBoards Mobile App » | |
I arrived at 10am on Friday and drove straight in. It was fucking marvelous. If I can't ever arrive on Thursday again then Friday morning is seriously the best option. Coming back at 8pm on Saturday was even smoother. I seriously lucked out with my arrival times.
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« Reply #70 on May 31, 2012, 2:22pm » | |
May 31, 2012, 1:09pm, scough wrote:
May 31, 2012, 11:31am, wonk wrote:
Next year continue up I-90 to George, and take Rd 1 NW to the campground. That would have saved an hour of waiting. |
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Were they actually letting people in from that side? We debated doing just that, but didn't want to be pooped to the back of the line if they wouldn't let us in. |
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Yes, they were. When I got close enough to see the campground main entrance, it took me 20 minutes to actually get there. Since the Silica folks had to cross traffic to turn left into the campground, the cop had that traffic stopped while he waived through the Rd 1 crowd (since some of that traffic was heading to day parking at the venue). The only time the cop was waiving us through was when the line on Rd 1 was empty, or there were three or four cars in a row turning into the venue and no through traffic to waive through. The Rd 1 folks were filling up both waiting lines upon entrance, making the wait for the Silica folks even longer.
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« Reply #71 on May 31, 2012, 2:26pm » | |
I am also considering premier or wild horse next year. I was just to fucked some mornings to enjoy the bands I wanted to. I also like the idea of breakfast burritos and less camping planning that wild horse would allow.
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« Reply #72 on May 31, 2012, 2:28pm » | |
General camping had some killer excellent burritos. Gibbons was nice enough to buy me one when I realized I showed up on Friday with no cash on me.
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Mar 3, 2013, 6:13pm, Dr. Garbanzo wrote:| Its a Sasquatch Dr. Garbanzohting a bear Dr. Garbanzohting a Sasquatch. |
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« Reply #73 on May 31, 2012, 3:57pm » | |
May 31, 2012, 2:22pm, wonk wrote:
May 31, 2012, 1:09pm, scough wrote:
Were they actually letting people in from that side? We debated doing just that, but didn't want to be pooped to the back of the line if they wouldn't let us in. |
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Yes, they were. When I got close enough to see the campground main entrance, it took me 20 minutes to actually get there. Since the Silica folks had to cross traffic to turn left into the campground, the cop had that traffic stopped while he waived through the Rd 1 crowd (since some of that traffic was heading to day parking at the venue). The only time the cop was waiving us through was when the line on Rd 1 was empty, or there were three or four cars in a row turning into the venue and no through traffic to waive through. The Rd 1 folks were filling up both waiting lines upon entrance, making the wait for the Silica folks even longer. |
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That is so ridiculous and just shows their complete incompetence at running the campground. We went to bed around 3am Friday morning and there was still a line on Silica as far as the eye could see. If we for some reason decide against Wildhorse and do Premier again, I'll remember to take Rd 1.
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« Reply #74 on May 31, 2012, 4:31pm » | |
I still don't understand why Wildhorse is the alternative if you want to avoid the party crowd. What is wrong with Premier?
I'm considering Premier next year. Since I arrived Friday afternoon and ended up in the east side of the campground, I was fifteen minutes away from the camp entrance and the crew who arrived Thursday. 15 minutes each way, two or three trips per day means I would have saved 60-90 minutes of walking per day had I stayed in Premier. That plus a larger camping space is worth the cost.
What makes Wildhorse so much better than Premier anyway? I hear they have a good burger, but the food at the main site has gone from non-existent to pretty darn good over the last few years. I had an awesome steak sandwich, and the Spicy Pie appeared to be open all night. I know Premier is more expensive than Wildhorse, but otherwise I don't get the draw. There is no way in hell I'm standing in a line to cram into a bus to get to my campsite after a long day of partying. You literally couldn't pay me to camp at Wildhorse for that reason. I'm cringing even thinking about that line and bus ride.
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