Michael F. Lang's Blog

Finaly arrived in Newark around 5:30, got my checked bag and am just waiting for the train to go to Penn Station.

The power is back on in the airport. The departure is currently scheduled for 9:38

As i’m sitting here at the gate the airport just lost power.

At the same time they announced that the flight would be delayed an hour or so.

Hopefully they get the power back on and we don’t have to leave the terminal.

The adventure continues…..

After I got my hotel room squared away I went over to Balboa park. The place was just amazing, unfortunately due to the late hour the museums were closed. Walking around the grounds during sunset was beautiful.

Of couse as luck would have it just as the sun hit the perfect angle the battery on my camera died. My other battery was back in the hotel room charging. Having the phone was handy I was able to get some images that I would not have otherwise been able to get.

The attached images were taken at Balboa park. The last image is of the moon rising over the desert.

Amazingly we were able to leave the festival without hitting a single bit of traffic. We left around 8:30 and made it back to San Diego with enough time for lunch. Mike and Matt have been dropped off at the airport and Lindsay is continuing her San Diego adventure.

I just got the car emptied, now I just have piles of stuff in the hotel room that I need to organize.

The photo attached is a view from the hotel window.

All three sets last night were amazing. The first and last sets were really strong.

Out of all the Phish festivals I would definitely say that this one is the most organized.

The trash, recycling and compost bins are about 50 feet apart and are emptied through out the day.

Not to jinx myself as its not over yet but the port a potties have been kept extemly clean.

Also for the first time ever they have showers. Just took my first shower since Wednesday. After sweating out in the desert for the past few days it felt really good.

The attached photo is looking at the stage from inside the concert field

Sorry that I haven’t been posting as often. The cell service has been getting progressively worse since we got here. Probably just a result of more folks arriving and using there cells.

The show last night was great. The concert field is really nice. The space is huge which allows for plenty of walking opportunities. The site where the concert is being held is five miles by five miles.

The only knock I have against the festival in general is the very limited amount of drinking water. We have been able get enough, it’s just a bit of a pain to obtain

Since around noon we have been hanging out in the shade canopy that we set up on our site.

In the shade it is around 20 degrees cooler, also a 5-15 mph breeze which feels great.

Going to head into the concert field around 5pm.

After around a 45 minute delay on the ground we finally took off. There were 14 planes on the taxi way after us, so I guess it could have been worse.

I figure we are around 45 away from landing (currently 5:35pm EDT). This is a pic of the fluffy clouds from the plane window.