Day 2 Part 2: It's My Birthday

Did i forget to mention that it was my Birthday yesterday? I guess I did...

My pictures dont want to upload today :( I'll add them if I get time later.

The serendipity continues on the 2nd day of Telluride. I got up fairly early, gave the hotel room the once over, (at least 3 times) and vacated it before the hotel folks kicked me out. G-man and Lauren were getting back at some point during the day, but until then I was stuck with 2 bags and a guitar.

Getting up to the press area with all that excess baggage was not something I wanted to do, so I decided to hang out in Elk Park for all the shows there. Besides having to listen to a very dumb Rainbow Family hippie for several shows, it was pretty fun.

I saw the band competition, a song writing workshop from Tift Merrit and Darrell Scott, Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck, and most of the troubadour competition. Then I got a call from G-man and I was able to dump my bags and guitar in the van.

On the main stage, I saw Tim O'Brien, skipped Paolo Nutuni while set up the tent, and came back for Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby. Wow! They played Mandolin Rain with Chris Thile and Uncle Pen with Sam Bush.

After that, I met up with a friend from the station and a group of her friends to watch part of Leftover Salmon's set. I say part because they had tickets to the Yonder Mountain String Band Show at the Sheridan Opera House; one of the most saught after tickets of the whole festival. A friend of theirs had wandered off with no way to get a hold of her, so they offered me the extra.

How could I say no?

The Yonder shows was awesome! The Sheridan is a pretty small place, with a capacity of only about 250. We danced the night away for several hours of awesome music and celebrated my birthday in style.

I got back to the campsite at about 3. I am tired now, but pumped for the next 2 days.