Bayfest 2009

This years Bayfest was awesome. It included performers such as 3 Doors down, Steve Miller Band, Ludacris, Cage the Elephant, and many others. The eight hour drive their was a pain in the ass but it was worth it as soon as we rolled into Mobile, Alabama. Getting off the interstate and making our way to the downtown area of cordoned off streets and plazas we noticed some very peculiar buildings which we decided to park at only to find out they were houses that had the appearance of a luxury hotel. Parking two miles away from the nearest stage, the one that housed the performer, Musiq Soulchild, still didn't seem to dampen the spirits of me and my ragtag group of weary Crossvillians. The smell of alcohol was strong and could be smelled within probably a three mile radius of the closes bar. The streets were packed but the true sight was when we neared closer to the entrance gates. People were literally crawling over each other. I believe the lady at the ticket booth had said there was close to 300,000 people there. We finally pushed our way through the crowd and made our way to the nearest stage we could find, only to find out it was the wrong stage we were looking for. We trekked another three blocks to the AT&T sponsored stage to hear the last lyrics of "Drops of Jupiter". The others were bummed but I was more interested in the next band performing that I quickly forgot about our loss. Steve Miller band was on in a half hour which seemed to drag on for about three hours until the big man himself finally walked out onto the stage. Their performance had to the the longest one there but it seemed to fly by the last song being "The Joker" which seemed a good a note as any to end on. We made our way back to the car only to be sidetracked to another stage on the way which had "Kryptonite" blasting from the speakers. I must say 3 Doors Down had the most energy out of all the bands the previous two days. When they finished we hurriedly made our way through the drunken crowd to the car and on to the motel which we played Guitar Hero and Rock Band until the sun rose Sunday morning. We woke up five hours later in order to get home in time to get a decent sleep for Monday. The dreadful ride seemed to last forever but at least the time was well spent and the memories will last forever.