After 10 years we are kind of over Bikes, Blues, and BBQ. About the only aspect of the whole festival I've always enjoyed is the BBQ anyways but my days on a cooking team were over years ago. We don't have a motorcycle and my days of listening to blues in a beer garden we over about a decade and half ago. I love the festival mainly because of all the money it brings to our area. Day to day though all I can think about is the TRAFFIC. Yes I went all caps there. I can turn my radio up enough to not have to deal with the constant need for bikers to rev their engines at stop lights (what's up with that really?). But starting on Tuesday the traffic was noticable and within 24 hours you couldn't get anywhere. Campbell missed ballet on Wednesday because it took Jenna 50 minutes instead of the usual 20 to get to pick her up from school. So Friday afternoon, I had to get away. Noah had an ATA workout Friday night and a baseball camp on Sunday afternoon so it would be a quick getaway but it would be quiet nonetheless. First thing I did was call the BOC (Buffalo Outdoor Center) to see if the campgrounds were overrun by motorcycles. He reported a lot of motorcycle traffic through Ponca and Jasper and a few were at Steel Creek. So down the dirt road (or trail is more accurate) to Kyle's Landing we went. Of course, we got off to a late start and it was lunchtime before we got on the trail. The campfire was worth it though. It was rushed and way too much work for such a brief trip but it was nice to just be the 4 of us for awhile.

The bikes got there revenge on Sunday though. We stopped in Kingston for a quick bite. We were on schedule to have Noah back on time, when we got bombarded by....TRAFFIC. Foot and road. The poor King's River One Stop was overrun. While we were there they both called for extra help and it arrived before our food was ready.

It will be one of those weekends where the romance of the memory will be greater than the actual fun we had but I'll take it anyways.