Cant believe no ones dropped anything here yet...
FIRST!!!!!
I remember my first Flite Fest. I had been on the forums for a while and seen people getting excited over it all. Several of the cool kids I met here had told me I had to find a way to go.
@JimCR120 Stepped up and told me I was going and made plans to drag me out of my apartment if I did not agree to go.
They say and I agree the main reason to go to one is the people you will get to meet. Its such a cool thing to walk up and say hello and or shake the hand of someone you talked with, helped, or got help from on the forums face to face. Besides getting to camp with Jim I got to meet
@rockyboy,
@LitterBug,
@wilmracer,
@willsonman,
@TEAJR66 just to name some of the more well known long timers here. There were so many others I met as a volunteer but to name them all I really can not as once things started rolling after the rain I was so wide eyed excited and could not turn my head fast enough to see and take it all in. I also got to meet the FT core crew over the course of the weekend.
That first one was dubbed as Swampfest because it rained so bad the first two days. There was so much water on the ground people had come up with various ways to fill the time that would have been spent flying. I remember someone had gone to Walmart and bought a couple of toy boats and they were holding boat races in the tire ruts left by the tractor they used to spread hay around to control the mud and erosion of Mr. Fureys airstrip which is what Flite Fest is held on. There was even a tornado warning in effect the one evening.
I didn't get to participate in a lot the evening activities but they had a bonfire going and a local band playing I stayed up later one night to check out. Being a broken cybernetic organism I could not fulfill my volunteer duties without serious rest and recuperation down time so I was busy with rack ops right after meal time pretty much.
I managed to get up early in the mornings and got a little quad flying in before things got super busy and I had to do my shift in the Store or build tents. If you do happen to make it to one be sure to volunteer for at least one day of the trip. Its the easiest way to meet more people as you have a purpose to have contact with people you normally would not have.
Over all I was totally exhausted by the time I got home and it took a good few weeks to get back into normal functioning. I soooo over did it but it was SOOOOOO worth it. Anyway I ll leave these here for motivation of others to post.
SWAMPFEST!!!!!
Josh Finn and whos that in the background
GO Team Rockyboy!!! thanx for the fun brother!
Safety?
Bought them the kit of their choice.
