This was the final day of the event for us. It started around 10:00 am when I woke up dry, comfortable and rested. Nothing of note happened until 12:00 when [ozomatli](http://www.ozomatli.com/) came out to play. They were absolutely outstanding. I can’t recommend them enough. After giving us a good hour and a half show which included one member of the band crowd surfing while rapping, the band ended in a unique fashion. They one by one jumped down off of the stage and into the crowd, forming a circle in the middle. Each one carried an instrument with and began to play. After doing that for a while, they started parading around forming a sort of impromptu conga line. It’s hard to convey how much fun it was to see them perform live.

The majority of the afternoon was lazy. We saw a few random acts, [Mouse on Mars](http://www.mouseonmars.de/) being the most interesting. On the way back we also heard a bit of a band called Particle, and the Black Crows.

This is where things went totally crazy. Rick and Tom (Kerry’s dad) were holding a party at the RV starting at 8:00. As people started to show up, everyone started to have a few drinks while eating the large array of food Rick had to give out. Next thing I know, Rick (who mind you, is probably something like 55 years old) has pulled out something like 100 glow-stick necklaces from somewhere in his RV. We all started to play with the things and put them on. It’s a funny scene because I’m the youngest person there by far with the average age probably lying somewhere near 40. Next thing I know, someone has the bright idea to toss the ring frisbee style at someone else to try to land it on them. This was the beginning of a 2 hour diversion that became lovingly known as “Hippie Horseshoes”. This catches on in a matter of minutes we all have handfuls of glowing rings that we are tossing at anyone walking by while screaming “Put your hands up, it’s hippie horseshoes! Everyone’s a winner!” The highlight of this event was when ziggy threw about 30 rings at the staff guy who was riding by on a golf cart with both hands up in the air and landed at least three of them. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.

I can’t believe that people who are probably twice my age would do such ridiculous things and laugh so hard about it. It makes me think that as I get older, I can choose to keep having fun and acting like a kid, or I can act more “grown up” and boring. It was good for the soul to hang out with some older people who just don’t care about the norms.

After we finally ran out of glow ropes, we headed over to see [RJD2](http://www.rjd2site.com/) who rocked the house despite the lame crowed standing around not dancing. Finally, we headed back to the VIP site, packed the car and headed out that night to make sure we could avoid the traffic and the mud that will be inevitable as people try to leave sunday and monday.

Thanks to Rick, Tom, and Kerry for the ticket, the company, and the great times. I owe you one.