We ended up getting to go backstage for the whole weekend, it was amazing! We stayed up at the campground during the days, then went down to the concert bowl for the bigger acts. We got to see Carrie Underwood, Alan Jackson, Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban (I'm in love with him, and even scored a guitar pick!), Trace Adkins, and Toby Keith! We were also able to hear all the other acts right from our campground so that was cool. We were basically right up on stage w/ the acts, in front of 60,000 people. It was amazing! Unfortunately you aren't able to take pictures from there, so I didn't end up taking many pictures the whole weekend. Here are a few that I did take...
We even got breakfast in bed one morning! : )
To give you an idea of how close we were, we were sitting right under that white tent on the right side of this picture. The stage is right behind it, and the audience is to the right.
Here is a picture from the general admission area. We only went in there twice to look at t-shirts and other clothes. That is when we realized how spoiled we had been all weekend! I was definitely ready to get home by Sunday. I missed Lara and Mike SO much, so of course the ride home took forever once again, and I was very tired from the long weekend. It was hard to stay awake and keep Melissa company in the car. But it was a great weekend and I hope to go back next year! I don't know if I'll be able to handle that though with a 4 month old baby! We'll see when the time comes. : )
