Summer Camp Music Festival 2012 photo from Chillicothe, Illinois just north of Peoria. The 2013 version kicks off next weekend. Soon the woods at Three Sisters Park will be filled with tents as excited people await a weekend’s worth of fantastic music featuring Umphrey’s McGee and many others. Music festivals are an incredible adventure camping out with thousands [...]
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Five tips on how not to get busted on the way to Summer Camp Music Festival
Last year, I was the guest of Summer Camp Music Festival and had a wonderful three days of good times camping in the woods, dodging thunder storms, and seeing great live music. Music festivals are a wonderful time and a great adventure. In a nearby river town along the Illinois River, I stopped for groceries [...]
Summer Camp Music Festival forecast looks sunny
Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, Illinois is kicking off in less than a week and the extended forecast looks warm and sunny. Everyone knows you cannot trust a weather forecast after a couple of days, but lets hope for this year’s attendees that the ten day outlook is accurate. Last year, thunderstorms turned the [...]
Tent city at Summer Camp Music Festival
Every Memorial Day the Summer Camp Music Festival comes to Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, Illinois. The headliners are always Umphrey’s McGee’s and Moe. This year they will be joined by Jane’s Addiction, which should be incredible. The best place to camp is in the woods, but you must come early on Friday to get [...]
Adventure travel around the world via world music
Even for the most adventurous there are extended times one will spend at home or if home is on the road then times when one is not traveling. Although I make a point to get out of Chicago at least a couple of times a month, I have been on an extended period of time [...]
Summer Camp Music Festival 2011 camping photo essay
Summer Camp Music Festival 2011 is in the rear view mirror. All that is left are the great memories of music, camping, adventure, and good times with friends.  In my last post, I uploaded a series of photographs featuring the music of the festival; however, attendees know this is only part of the adventure. Besides [...]
Summer Camp Music Festival music photo essay
The 2011 Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, Illinois is over. All that remains are the lingering campers too overwhelmed the weekend’s activities to travel home and the photographs and memories. It sure was an adventure this weekend. The weather, which was not horrible, did dump two rainstorms on the gathering. This turned the already [...]
Five reasons to attend Summer Camp Music Festival over Bonnaroo
Bonnaroo is an intense experience that all who love music, camping, and adventure travel should experience. The point of this post is not to dissuade people from going to Bonnaroo; however, for those that live in the Midwest there are more convenient alternatives. Bonnaroo is like a mini Woodstock with 75,000 to 90,000 attendees yearly. [...]
Travel Tuesday photo of the week: Summer Camp and the summer concert festivals
Memorial Day is traditionally the beginning of summer although the actual season does not begin until June 21. Another season that begins over Memorial Day is the summer concert festival season. I have had my share of concert festivals. I have been to Telluride once, Bonnaroo three times, Merlefest twice, and Lollapalooza once. In fact, [...]
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