Sweat, Blisters, & a Dustbowl

Jon, Chris and I headed South this weekend to attend the Austin City Limits Music Festival. There were reports of Hurricane Rita hitting and winds of 50-60 mph, so we were a little leary of going. Much to our mother's dismay, though, we decided to go and live on the "wild side". The weekend, however, certainly wasn't very "wild" (in the weather sense...boo ha ha). There was not a drop of rain the entire weekend. In fact, it was so dry that the 60,000+ people caused the park that, at some point had grass on the ground, to turn in to a massive dust bowl. After each concert, a cloud of dirt would rise above the crowd moving to the next venue and would hover for about 30 minutes afterward. It was definitely a sight to see.

Rita didn't do anything for the temperature either. It was in the upper 90s to low 100s all three days. I have not been that hot in a very, very long time. I also, stupidly, wore bad flip flops and in attempt to take care of one blister, I wore three other blisters into my poor feet. BUT in spite of the sweat, blisters and dust, the weekend was wonderful. (I know, after reading all of that, you probably don't believe me.) It was really kind of crazy how miserable you could be until a band started playing - then the dust, heat and pain kind of faded away.

Some memories of the weekend:
- the bulked up, bald man with a tank top on and gold chains jamming to piano-driven band, Keane
- the Prada clad mother who was shocked that the crowd around her and her two young children might be smoking
something other than cigarettes (watching her jaw hit the ground and then frantically grab the kids to whisk them away
was quite comical - we weren't really sure what she expected...)
- allergy attacks at the end of every show and the beginning of a new dust cloud
- our new British friend, football Ben, and his wife (Chris bonded with them while discussing CS Lewis' works)
- Leslie, the elderly man that wanders Austin in high heels and a thong (I kid you not)

Anyway, I could ramble on and on about the weekend, but will spare you. You should definitely take a look at my feet when you get a chance though. The blisters are healing quite well and I think I finally got them clean...