Lawrence had an obligation he wouldn't cancel and work on monday - so he stayed home.
Quinn and I on the other hand; Friday afternoon we left Calgary ~ 2:30 Trailer in tow. We met the Allans in Rocky Mtn House at 5:30 and finished the long drive out to the mountains.
We finally found the site and found the Paranteaus and our weekend began.
Friendtropy is a very small music festival of mixed Genras. There may have been 150 people there? Max, Jasmine & Quinn and their new little buddy Calex hung out and had a great time playing in the forest. Friday night we were all in bed pretty early.
Saturday was spent hooping, workshops, and hanging out. The music was funky breaks and perfect for the afternoon. The evening we hung at main stage for awhile and when we put the kids to bed, spent the evening around the fire at camp.
Sunday, another beautiful day of relaxation. Sunday night the music was pumpin! Shawn built a mini Temple and they even turned the music off to have a quiet burn. Quinn and I sat there and talked about his Grandpa's and uncle Dave. It was very touching and very emotional.
When we put the kids to bed, Quinn asked me if I wanted to go out and Dance. I said yes, and we had a little talk about him sleeping in the trailer and Ursula & the kids were sleeping in their tent. I felt he was comfortable and safe enough, so I went dancing! (He more or less told me too - how sweet is that?).
So me, Justin & David shook it almost all night long and the music was great!
Monday morning, Karen was kind enough to tend to Quinn for me so I could get some sleep. I was so tired and rather hung over. The night before was a good idea, bad idea scenario - as we had to pack up and drive home later that day.
But I managed to do so. We left the site around 1:40, stopped in Rocky to Dump the RV potty, stopped in Red Deer for Dinner, and pulled in around 8:30.
This has been a TOUGH week. The sleep dep and party recovery is sure taking a long time to bounce back! In the good old days, I would have been fine for Tuesday. 4 days later, I am still pretty rough! Oh well. it was fun and totally worth it. Only thing missing: Lawrence. <-- next year he is obligated to his Chosen Family every long weekend in the summer.
So, on the agenda for next year is: Inshalla w/ Quinn, Motion Notion without Quinn and Friendtropy with Quinn. Not to mention a few Chosen family camping trips!!!
Burning Man may have to wait a few more years, right now family comes first.
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