...And the Party Never Ends

After an eventful Saturday night, LD got up and went to church with his aunt and her family. I decided to cook some chicken ka-bobs and brats. Later that evening we went to the movies and saw The Longest Yard. It was awesome.
Then we decided to head down to The White Elephant for the official pre-picnic party. I ran into an old girlfriend down there. She's been through a lot of shit since last we spoke. Her boyfriend died on a motorcycle and her grandmother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Poor girl.

Sunday was the day we'd been waiting for. We loaded up the cooler with beers, gatorade, water and sandwiches. Then we made our way to the Stockyards.
The parking lot was pretty packed, but we found a spot directly behind the North stage. Our spot was also withing shouting distance of Willie's tour bus, the Honeysuckle Rose.

There were shade trees at the end of each row, so we decided to hang out and drink cheap beer until the better acts (CCR) came on.
That's where we met the Kansas crew. They drove 10 hours just to see Willie. Had to give them mad respect for that. 3 hours and many, many beers later we made our way inside to see Cross Canadian Ragweed. They rocked.
Then a few more people played. It's hard to remember exactly. I was drunk and pretty dehydrated by this point.
I know that Jason Boland kicked ass.

Ray Wylie Hubbard (with special guest guitarist Cody Canada of CCR) was my favorite act of the day.
The Lost Trailers were very good and full of energy. They are from Georgia, but wrote a song about how much they love Texas.
The Doobie Brothers were excellent. I called my dad so he could listen to them for a little while.
Billy Joe Shaver was another awesome performer.
Then Bob Dylan came on the stage. I'm not a big Dylan fan, but was impressed to see him in a cowboy hat.
Willie nearly brought the house down.
All in all, it was an excellent event and worth every penny of the $40 ticket price. Even if the show did run about 2 hours behind schedule.

We ended up coming home with 2 shirts, 6 koozies, 3 sports bags, 5 coffee mugs, 3 flashlights, and 2 foldout chairs with cooler compartments. Most of this was thanks to LD, who spent nearly $100 at the Lotto Texas tent on scratch-off tickets. For every $5 spent, he got a gift.
I strongly recommend that anyone who loves Willie and can make the trip come down here to Fort Worth for the 33rd picnic next year.