2006 bonnaroo - manchester, tennessee

v.i.p. passes with an rv pass. our friends rented a 40 foot behemoth for the four adults and we met them at the vip check in (a hotel just outside of the rv and employee entrance to the event grounds) and breezed through the ticket, pass, t-shirt dance. leaping out onto the main drag we crawled to the entrance which was a left off the road. should we go straight and u turn these beasts in the local car dealer down the road? o. k. saved us an easy half hour. had we thought about it a half hour sooner, i might not be so hesitant to scream GENIUS. the road in was narrow and through a few farms with folk out front waving us in. the line moved slow because of the bottle check every third or so vehicle. no glass allowed at all. an effectiveness of 33%. the behemoth gets stopped so we pull ahead and wait for the 1/2 gallon of capt. morgan to fly out the window into a pile of other glass containers, we do not want to lose them. the capt survives by being transferred into a more suitable container. as we cross the field, we notice that most campers have huddled near the hospitality tent and showers. we go long, closer to the main entrance but still close to straight out from the main stage.
the v.i.p. pass included free meals in a fan-cooled hospitality tent. (*BRING YOUR GENERATOR air conditioning is key to feeling truly VIP)
though the nash manual does not recommend it, there was a great view of the main stage from the roof of the rv. we watched stevie nicks with all of her flowing dresses sing duets with tom petty. and later, radiohead. very nice. by going long, we had room for Frisbee, horse shoes and the space to create a friendly compound between the two rvs. it's all about creating shade as there are no trees in bonnaroo's v.i.p. rv area. water and sewer-sucker-trucks roamed around to assist at a charge.
the masses camp in fields that turn to dust bowls or mud pits depending on the weather.