A Wet, Dancing Weekend.

                      That beautiful season the Summer!
          Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;
                                  and the landscape
         Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
                                      -   Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Well there is my Floydfest photo.   When we arrived it had started raining and I didn't want the camera out in the rain.  .  When I returned to the car (this pic) it was getting darker and decided I didn't want to keep up with it.    So I am very disappointed not to have any fun Floydfest photos.  This is the onsite parking lot btw.  The RV park sold out, our lots were full, the place was hopping.  I am glad it was a successful weekend for them.

I had a great time.  Loved the music.  Love the cool vibe of the people there...the fun happy spirit that surrounds the event.  I think my best buddy Sharon enjoyed her 1st Floydfest.  I am very tired and have been bumming with Photoshop all afternoon.   Toonces has a workshop to teach in Abingdon tomorrow so I am alone and being lazy!

And yes I did get to see Colleen dancing away at the Donna the Buffalo show!

photo by Melanie, my sister.

Delane does a great job getting down the river....no crashes!

River Run 2006....we have a great spot and get to enjoy lots of cool crashes because of the falls right in front of us.  I think the kids had a big time playing in the water...

Sitting with Toonces is his buddy Mike   A Floydfest regular who comes up from Raleigh and stays with us for the festivities....He now gets the River Run experience along with Floydfest....

The reason my sis had to take Delane's picture was that Caleb and I had gone tubing...(a rough ride on an inner tube down the river..cold, cold river)  A tradition and relief from the heat.  I didn't want to be the cause of any accidents for the racers but I swear we ended up right in front of my brother.  Since Caleb and I wanted him to do well we got out of the way and yelled ahead for everyone to get their cameras ready. 

Rollie had a tough time getting her tube re-situated in the current and almost killed myself coming over the falls in front of my friends, family and husband.   When I tried coming off the tube the water ended up over my head and scared poor Rollie.  I made quite a spectacle of myself and of course my sister and sis-in-law got pics....so here is a series of my wipe out and Toonces having to come save me.  No wonder the kids call me a "goober".

You can click on any photo to enlarge.

I added a photo album on the sidebar for those interested in River Run photos....and the Friday night fish fry.

Comments

[joeinvegas]

What, mo movies of the great crash of 06?

[Melody]

Now, that looks like fun!

[keda]

what a lovely time was had by all! i am so envious of your active, out and about lifestyle.

[terrilynn]

Sounds like a fun weekend! I don't know if I'd have the courage to go tubing, so good for you, even with the wipeout.

Floydfest sounds like a ton of fun. I saw Donna the Buffalo when I went to Merlefest and there was plenty of dancing there.

[chatty]

Glad you had such a good time! At least it wasn't schorching out, right?

[LISA L.]

I certainly enjoyed myself Friday night on your beautiful new deck!! We had perfect weather, delicious food and the best of company!! Thank you so much for having me over. I liked getting to see the creek where the thugs go to cool off. You and Martin have such a relaxing atmosphere...I was tickled to be a part of it!

A special THANK YOU for the devils food cake surprise!! mm-mmm!!

[Terri]

Glad to hear Floydfest was a great success. But sorry about the rain.
Looks like you had fun on the water...despite the wipeout.

[mike hubbard]

Chez Clark was a wonderful place to be this weekend. Our gracious hostess baked a fab veggie lasagna for her veggie guest and fab cake, we did nice drive down to the creek on the Clark premises, woke up to the Larry the Rooster, saw some paddlers (and some wipeouts on the falls at the Clark land) at the River Run, and good times were had by Paul at FloydFest. Long-time friends are the best!

[sharon.smith@ncfi.net]

enjoyed friday night fish fry, food was great and really liked the floydfest. thanks for a great weekend!!

[colleen]

Did it rain at Floyd Fest? Just a sprinkle? I did't see any when I was there.

Yes, Deana! Dancing to Donna and the Buffalo was my dance highlight and I still can't get my feet clean!

I did make it to the Floyd Fest cyber cafe last night to check my comments!

It was fun to see you...even though we were both busy dancing!

[Jade]

I always told my kids "goober" was a lovable term meaning one who can laugh at themselves. I think it fits you. It looks like your weekend was wonderful. Wild, wet, dancing - that brings about an interesting picture ;o).

[Sparkling Diamond]

Hmmm..I have never heard of Floydfest and I am all about music and dancing! I will need to look more into that!
The river run also looked like fun!
I love how your home looks, so open! The older I get the more I like the clean lines, white walls and dark furniture with texture! I thought about doing the Tour of Homes and decided against it....LOL

[Joel]

I'm thinking you need to be careful out there.

[Delane]

Thanks for jumping out of the way, I don't think it really would have mattered considering the time I finished in though. I like the photo Melanie made of you in the river. Notice Amy in the photo photographing you too. You can tell everyone had their priorities right. You always take the photo first.

[OldOldOldLady Of The Hills]

So glad you so Collen dancing! Sounds like this was so much fun, even though it rained some, too!
And that water stuff really REALLY looks like great fun!

[Jenn]

Looks like such a good time ! :)