On the way out of the show the fist night, our NC friend ran into a few of his buddies that had their car broken into - they had everything stolen from them except their tickets! Thank god the locals who wanted their money didn't understand the value of a ticket to a Phish show.

Anyway, we offered to put them up in our room and now we are all really good friends and meet up for as many shows we can. But that is another story.

So our now growing group heads off the next day, 4th of July, to the lots to work on having a good time.  It was soooo hot that day, a vivid memory. As we searched for party favors for the night, I was taking in all the life going on around me.

I decided to try something new with my friends and took some gel tabs as we entered the show.  I was already a little loose from smokin' and sippin' on beers all day.  But nonetheless, I was pumped for a amazing night.

Eventually the acid kicked in and I really started getting down, as did my boyfriend. Well, to make what could be a really long story a little shorter, the show comes to an end, but not our trip.

We move towards the mass of people headed for the lots & slowly get back to our cars.  When we get there, we realize we lost our keys somewhere.  We have no choice but to retrace our steps.

We get back to the empty amphitheatre and the security guard would not let my two friends and I back in to look for the keys.  After a nasty exchange, the guard sends us away. Luckily, we found a way to sneak in. 

So here I am trippin' faced for the first time in Atlanta (a long way from my hometown of Philly), in an empty amphitheatre, with 3 new friends.  We ran for the lawn before we could get stopped.  It felt so strange being in there, running across the trash-filled lawn.

Still running, my friend approaches the area we danced around for most of the night.  He scoops up something in mid-run and keeps going, yelling "I found them!"  We ran out before we could get locked in and celebrated the rest of the night.  We literally made it in and out of there in about 5 minutes.  It was awesome and I couldn't stop laughing the whole time.

It was an experience my friends and I will never forget.