Our family loves Music Festivals.
Camping in itself is fun, add great music, good people and good vibes....what more could you ask for?
4 years ago the dynamic of our Music Festivals changed when we brought our first son to the Wanee at 9 months. This past year was the first year we missed that particular festival. Although we were kinda bummed, it was a good decision. However fantastically awesome, it was getting too big. Maybe when the kids are bigger we can revisit the idea of going again, but for now we have found many smaller family friendly festivals to replace it.
The Orange Blossom Jamboree has become of our favorite. It's only 3 years old, so it's still on the smaller side, which is perfect for the kids. The Sertoma Youth Ranch, where it is held, is a beautiful campground, with lots of shade and hot showers. There is a creek running through the camp area which is awesome and provides hours of entertainment for the youngsters. Not to mention the terrific bands that play all weekend long.
It was the baby's 1st festival so we were curious to see how the weekend was gonna go.
Since a picture is worth a 1000 words....
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| Here he is with my friend Carey. This is pretty much what he looked like all weekend. |
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| This is my favorite photo of the weekend. Daddy and son headed to the music, which was at the stage in the background. Also bunches of vendors with food, art and everything in between. |
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| A local artist named Bean Spence kindly decorated the end of the creek with his fun artwork. He also holds an art class for the kids during all festivals he attends. Great guy. Ryder really enjoys him. |
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| This was probably the highlight of the trip. The infamous rope swing. Once we set up this bad boy our campsite became the hot spot for the kids. Which, of course, Ryder loved. He made lots of friends. |
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| Our neighbors had a birthday party for their son who turned 8. All the kids were invited, which was great. |
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| Archy the 46 yr old parrot. Super smart. He made a lot of friends through out the weekend, too. |
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| Here's the baby meeting Amanda and Lexy for the first time. She was just so excited to hold him. |
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| On the last night we wanted to see the music, so we brought the baby in the stroller. We didn't get the smiles, but the next best thing...a sleeping boy. He was just perfect. |
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| A fire show at night. Always entertaining. |
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| The Applebutter Express is one of our favorite bands. We first met them at our campsite at the Wanee 3 years ago when they were just a duo traveling from campfire to campfire. With his ukelele playing and her amazing voice you knew their talent would get noticed. They have since added some band members and are playing huge venues, like Bonnaroo! Congrats guys, you deserve it! |
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Here's a few links to check out OBJ, The Applebutter Express, some of Bean's artwork and the campground, which is open all year and hosts many music fests throughout the year.
http://www.orangeblossomjamboree.com/bands/applebutter-express
http://beanspenceart.com/index.php/gallery/
http://sertomayouthranch.org/Home.html
I hope you enjoy them all and we hope to see you at OBJ next year!
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