I can’t believe it’s already been three weeks since the Earthtones Earth Day Celebration Festival, April 27 – 29. Earlier that week, it had been looking a lot like it was going to be rainy and cold. Not what I had in mind. So, thinking sunny thoughts, I packed my camping gear (along with all my henna booth gear), grabbed a friend, and headed toward Eureka Springs in my dangerously overloaded Geo.
Two years ago, when my hubby was working construction, we bought about $200 worth of camping gear. Of course, by the next summer, he had been laid off and had to go back to restaurant work – which means he never gets a weekend off, which means we never go camping anymore. The new tent, the Coleman camp stove, the solar shower and rechargeable lanterns have all been taking up valuable real estate in our coat closet since then.
But finally, a good excuse to unpack it all! And The Goddess smiled down upon our humble hippie festival. The weather was warm and bright. The music was awesome. Our campsite was perfect – close enough to the stage to be able to hear the music well, but far enough back and sort of tucked away, so no drunken wanderers would come crashing into our tent at three in the morning. The people were kind, and we wanted for nothing – I did just enough henna to cover our costs, and people were kind enough to share whatever else you need at a hippie campout music fest.
It felt really good to camp again. Though the air mattress was really too small for two grown women, and the porta-potty got pretty funky by Saturday afternoon, it was worth it. Having a little campfire to sit around and listen to groovy music with the trees and the sun and the wind all around was just what my inner hippie chick needed.
