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Post by jaina_SOLO on Feb 13, 2011 14:45:08 GMT -5
I always see people trying to figure out how to find their campsite. I know people use their flags, balloons, lights, etc. I think I just found another rad solution.
Pretty much these are simple balloons you fill with helium that have flashing LEDs inside. It looks like this site sells just the LED light inserts as well. I've seen these on some other sites for cheaper so it will just take some looking around. We'll prolly be ordering some to try out and will let anyone who is interested know how it goes. Sorry if someone has already posted about these and I missed it.
Post by jaina_SOLO on Feb 13, 2011 14:51:13 GMT -5
LAME!!! I figure these shouldn't be too hard to get through since they're just average sized balloons. Maybe it will just depend on who checks your car out.
Post by icantenough on Feb 13, 2011 19:58:24 GMT -5
i never lose my campsite, but then again i always make sure i am on a street. if the ushers dont give a crap, then just let people pass you and do some quick estimation once you are about to be parked.
Post by plasticpepper on Feb 14, 2011 18:13:57 GMT -5
I'd be a bit wary of using any kind of balloon to mark my camp. Sure, people do it all the time, but think about how easily the balloon could pop or fly away in wind/rain/storms/tornado. I'd be afraid that having a balloon marking my spot would keep me from actually LEARNING where it was - I'd rely on the balloon and not know how to find my spot without it, and then what happens if it disappears?!
Post by icantenough on Feb 14, 2011 18:33:01 GMT -5
there have been lots of times where (understandably) i had forgotten that i was actually walking back to my campsite and my feet just kind of brought me there... "oh yeah, thats what the original plan was".
yeah, I always find that by the second day, I just know where my camp is generally. Then I'll think - okay, so turn right at the painted bus with the crazies on top, then another right at the orange tent, then go three tents and you'll be there.
There are so many possible landmarks I've never felt the need to bring my own.
Post by OldLadyRoo on Feb 15, 2011 22:56:34 GMT -5
IF ALL ELSE FAILS - carry your car keys and when you think you are close, hit the "alarm" button. I had to do this after Kanye was late by about 13 hours a few years ago and my partner (who was sleeping) almost had a thrombo. But.... I found my way back!
But like dcbee I generally find that I know how to get to my campsite by the second day. It's all about landmarks. Although I would like one year to actually have a flag. Just fer fun.
I always see people trying to figure out how to find their campsite. I know people use their flags, balloons, lights, etc. I think I just found another rad solution.
Pretty much these are simple balloons you fill with helium that have flashing LEDs inside. It looks like this site sells just the LED light inserts as well. I've seen these on some other sites for cheaper so it will just take some looking around. We'll prolly be ordering some to try out and will let anyone who is interested know how it goes. Sorry if someone has already posted about these and I missed it.
This is a great idea, in theory. 1st, how to inflate the ballons. You can buy a helium tank for around $40-$50 at a local party store, how do you get it past security? Say you get the tank in to Roo, now the helium in those balloons only last for a few hours. You will inflate them during the day and by night time they will be deflated, in turn not floating. Then someone finds out you have a helium tank and all your helium has been inhaled by your new friends/campmates before the first day is over. I wanted to do this last year and when I asked the girl at the party store how long the balloon will stay afloat, she said like 6 hours or so, I decided otherwise. I bought a long piece of PVC, 10', and taped an old fishing pole to the top of it. I had the light-up balloons, which I tied to the fishing line and then pulled them up. The lights lasted all weekend. The extra balloons made it to the Flaming lips show and some made it to Jay-Z.
The best way to find you campsite is my landmarks. Every time you leave, find a landmark!
First year - turn right at the WV EZ Up. Second year - turn left at the leaning Shower Tent Third Year - Turn right at the crazy school bus with a wheelchair on top holding a blow-up doll
The landmarks are always there, no need to spend a ton to make your own unless you want to. Just know it could be stolen, damaged, or a duplicate of 50 other folks (hello pirate flags)
Post by purplefuzzystuff on Feb 16, 2011 22:52:08 GMT -5
This is true, usually there are plenty of landmarks and I've never had a problem, and I usually get lost every where.
It's amazing how quickly you adapt at roo'. Last year I just turned left at the Bob Marley flag. By the last day I was hardly paying attention and didn't notice the Bob Marley campers had left. But I barely took two steps past my camp's road before I decided that something was wrong, it's like after four days my feet just knew exactly where to go.
That being said I decided to make a flag this year, I've already got the flagpole all painted up, and I just have to pin down the flag theme before I make it
that would prob be one of my biggest tip (not only for campsites, but finding friends in crowds when you go the bathroom or a beer run)....use permanent landmarks. people/flags tend to move and it can be trippy at night trying to find your friends in a field of 70,000 people after the blue flag with a C on it moved.
Post by laurenestafford on Feb 17, 2011 1:00:55 GMT -5
I tie-dyed a body pillow case for a flag last year...but never flew it, as my Roo mates wanted to use my pvc piping (that I'd meticulously measured, cut and glued) to prop up the tarp. Since those dimwits aren't coming with me this year, I'm flying that flag high and proud!
It's amazing how quickly you adapt at roo'. Last year I just turned left at the Bob Marley flag. By the last day I was hardly paying attention and didn't notice the Bob Marley campers had left. But I barely took two steps past my camp's road before I decided that something was wrong, it's like after four days my feet just knew exactly where to go.
The same thing happened to me! Suddenly I noticed the portos on the other side of the road were way too close. But I noticed a few other familiar tents and got myself situated.
Best camp marker I ever had was a super shiny twirly piece of cloth on a stick I got from the dollar store. I attached it to the top of my 5 foot PVC pole that has holes drilled through it that I zip tie to a post on my EZ up. That thing twisted in the wind and sparkled, even at night. I threw it out thinking I'd find another one at the $ store in the future and I've never seen another one :-(
But you can usually make use of other people's flags and markers to find your way. There's always something close enough by to help you figure it out.
Step One: Know your Pod Number. Step Two: Recognize any distinct landmarks near your tent. (ie last year, there was an inflated sex doll near our tents in Pod 1 so it was easy to find.) Step Three: If you are too F***ed up to know, check out more shows or make new friends. Step Four: Repeat if necessary.
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Post by hibouxdufromage on Feb 24, 2011 22:04:55 GMT -5
As soon as you get camped on Thursday, go take a long walk around centeroo or the campground until you're nice and lost. Stop and make new friends, find Bearly Edible on shakedown, stuff like that. Wait until you really don't have any idea where you are to find your campsite. Then go find it. The rest of the weekend, you'll be on autopilot. Oh, and then when you catch yourself telling your friends "man, this way is much shorter than how I got back here on Thursday", you MUST give a stranger a high five. It's Bonnaroo law.
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Post by arlenefavreau1 on Feb 24, 2011 22:34:41 GMT -5
When Arlene and I walked to center roo in 08 before leaveing our site we took a look at tents and our tent in relation to the pod balloon. Then as we passed the pod balloon we turned and studied untill we found our tent. Yes this was done sober important very important.
Mark a big x on your Roo site map where your camp is. Option 1- Give the taxi driver 5 plus a little tip and the map. Be genuinely interested in what they have to say and keep talking until you recognize your place. Say many thank you's.
Option 2 - Give the taxi driver 5 and your map. Get off in the general location of your camp. Start calling out for your favorite pet. Here.. sparky... sparky where have you gone. Some kind soul will walk with you until you recognize ' home'. Best to go with I've lost my little dog vs. the feline comments if you want to go home solo.
A bit tongue in cheek... but do keep the site map marked with your pod and an emergency 5 for 'That' night.
Post by opieleptic on Feb 24, 2011 23:55:05 GMT -5
Although I was parked on the road last year, I will still use the camp names that are printed in the Bonnaroo map...last year I was in "Detective Billy Rosewood". Then just ask the volunteers if you need to know which direction that your camp name is in. they usually have a map
7/2 - Lotus, MiMoSa, The New Deal, The Glitch Mob 7/3 - Red Rocks and Blue II w/ Umphrey's Mcgee and Easy Star All Stars 7/4 - Umphrey's Mcgee Boulder, CO
Third Year - Turn right at the crazy school bus with a wheelchair on top holding a blow-up doll
I remember these guys!!!
We had a very distinct flag in GA, which was hard to make out at night. However we put a SCUBA emergency beacon on of the pole to guide us home very night.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
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