We flew out of Dulles on 8/22 bound for Denver, CO. I chose to spend the night in Denver that night in the Highlands area and left for Dillon, CO in the morning. The weather was phenomenal all week. The Dillon shows were great and the venue is much more intimate than Red Rocks. We had some lodging issues and ended up heading back to Denver earlier than planned. We stayed at the Le Meriden in downtown Denver and the stay was excellent. The shows at Red Rocks were awesome and as always the people met were awesome as well. Dinners at Corinne, Root Down, and Stout Street Station were excellent. We finally made it home at 3am on the 28th. This will likely be my last time out to Colorado for a little while.

We saw Goose at the Chrysalis at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Saturday. I’ve been to Merriweather many times over the years but I’ve never seen a show at the Chrysalis stage. This was our first live Goose show and we were not disappointed. We managed to get pit and the fans were pretty darn great. Really nice people make the pit a nice place to be albeit a little hot. I scored an autographed poster as well. I can’t wait to see them again. Helluva good jam band.

We saw the Wood Brothers on Friday at Wolftrap. They opened for Greensky Bluegrass. I can’t wait till Wood Brothers are the headliners. I would love to hear a 2 hour set from them. It was my first show at Wolftrap Center for the Performing Arts and it is very nice venue.

We had our 25th Annual Assateague Beach Camping July 20th through July 24th at Assateague Island National Seashore. The weather was hot and favorable except on Thursday night. Thursday evening brought severe thunderstorms across the area. I would rank the storms that hit us as between in the top 3 worst storms that I’ve spent in a tent. Several pieces of equipment were destroyed including my 12×12 popup. A quick trip to Walmart at 9pm to get dry bedding for our group made the night bearable.

Friday & Saturday were beautiful days. I just wish the ocean was a bit warmer.

Nicole and I spent the holiday weekend in Michigan visiting friends and family. The weather was great all weekend! Sunday we rented kayaks and played on the river all day. Monday I made dinner for everyone  at one of her friends house. I kept it simple with hand breaded chicken breast, baked sweet potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts, and 3am bread­™.  Hoping to make it back to visit again in the fall.