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My place looks like a campsite! Have gear draped over furniture. Took off boots before entering house. Placed them in hefty trash bag & washing powder plus hot water. My make shift washing machine! Washed the mud from the collapsible utility cart before entering house. Today was a beautiful sunny day. Made it easier to break camp.

Volunteer at FloydFest

It was a positive experience for me. However, did not understand staff's role nor how things were managed. It is and should be a easy going working environment. Realize that no one will die if you have difficulty finding a particular requested brand of soft drink from a cooler by a festival attendee. Hopefully they won't go into anaphylactic shock & require emergency attention. I was always hard at work moat of my life until I just mentally & emotionally slowed down. I worked in the children's area on Saturday due to volunteer's having difficulty with the Friday night & Saturday continuos frequent rains! They either went home or were late? I had fun. The goal was to monitor for rough play or any questionable safety issue or potential injury. For example playing near a person on a swing. Correct children who throw the rubber balls from the boat deck. Had a few cases of adults smoking & playing in the boat. Reminded them politely of rule. Everyone cooperative. Really wonderful people at floydFest. General folks having fun & enjoying music. I hope to go next year. Lori volunteered at the administrative office.

'Rise and Shine'

Had a wonderful time volunteering at Ice and water but they actually didn't sell patrons water. I think FloydFest admin wanted to promote bring own container to drink the available free water near Yurt. Also program details on Ferrum Colleges 'pickin' Shack which is located beside the Camp store. Some patrons thought it was at the workshop stage. I saw the Ferrum College FloydFest coordinator in one of the stores in Floyd! What a coincidence to meet her. She said that they plan to do a better job of title clarification in the program listing for next year. Being on site was fun too. The first year when it was started, had to take bus. Stayed with Clysta's sister nearby. Last year stayed at 'Power to the People' camping area. This year the name was changed to the 'Delta' camping area. A Alpha lot was created for parking and whatever you could carry in your lap you took with you on the shuttle bus. There were 4 color coated lines created for attendees to check in their gear. Volunteers had a separate gear check in. I wasn't aware. I told the parking and the person collecting the 20 dollars for parking that I was a volunteer. They told me wear to park and told me to check fear into the orange check-in. This is the first year that they have had this setup. Attempt to have most people camp on festival site. Will discuss that in another post.

FloydFest 12

Have tent set up for cleaning & drying.

Floyd Country Store

Late returning home. Ate at the Floyd Country Store plus went to other stores to browse.