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Hey guys - I was talking with ed today and he pointed out that ever since I started my work term with the company from hell (ie. Saskpower) I have very rarely visited the forums... And I do apologize for that, I really enjoy it here - but as he put it, "...life is basically Wake up, go to work, come home, go to sleep". I did however, get a 5 day break for one of the best weekends I have had in a long time, I ventured to the fabled Craven Country Jamboree. For those of you who have not heard of this glorious event it is a four day festive that takes place in a field outside the small town of Craven, Saskatchewan. 23,000 people come to camp in the middle of nowhere and listen to some of the biggest names in country music, oh yah - did I mention that some people may have a drink or two. For those people who wish to share in my adventure I am going to relive this experience for the joys of future generations and fellow forumers.

if you dont read the whole story I want you to just watch this short (half min) youtube video of the drive up to craven (not by me)... you cant imagine this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt3N8XTpigE

Durring Charlie Daniels set - that area is a bare grass field for 99% of the year... christ almight is that awsome

note: All time and alcohol counts are in the (ish) department

June 12]

The phonecall:

- buddy
- me

Hey man! You decided weather or not to go to Craven yet - only 200 tickets left dude. You better go, we have a campsite booked already and you have to come eventualy
I dunno man, I have work and everything
Screw work - book it off or something
dude, tickets are like $200
OK mr pusscakes, have it your way - if you dont come though you are going to miss out on the best time of your life, and icecream
icecream! I am their

(obviously I do not remember the specifics of this conversation, but it went somewhat like how I described)

20 min later I had gone online and bought a ticket

July 8 Beer Count : 54 Rye Count: 66oz

6:30 PM : I just get off work because of some lightning damage. NO. My friends are picking me up at 6:30 and I have to get across town in zero min - ugh.
7:00 PM : After several rounds of being yelled at for the only one in the friends group with a freeking job. We are on our way.
7:30 PM : We arrive at Craven only to wait for the next hour to get to our campsite
8:30 PM : We get to our campsite
8:31 PM : We start drinking

July 9 Beer Count : 49 Rye Count: 57oz

2:21 AM : Sleep
5:30 AM : Wake up with the sun (ugh)
6:30 AM : Start drinking and cook some breakfast dogs(we have a problem)
12:00 AM : Walk around and meet the neighbours
8:00 PM : See Williams and Ree at the beer gardens (look them up, good comedy act)

July 10 Beer Count : 36 Rye Count: 45oz

3:00 AM : Sleep
5:30 AM : Wake up with the sun (again!)
7:00 AM : Start drinking and eat... we have a serious problem
3:30 PM : Go to grandstage and see Williams and Ree, Charlie Daniels Band (Devil went down to Georgia, OH MY GOD) Kelly Pickler and Tailor Swift - AMAZING

July 11 Beer Count : 22 Rye Count: 21oz

2:00 AM : Sleep
5:30 AM : CHRIST ALMIGHTY WHY IS THE SUN UP
6:30 AM : Eat and drink... you probably get the point
8:00 PM : Go see Rodney Atkins, say screw it to Clint Black ( it was realy, realy realy cold)
12:00 PM: WARNING ADULT CONTENT (this was ... well - just great)

July 12 Beer Count : 22 Rye Count: 0 oz (Hear by known as the best day of my life)

3:00 AM : Sleep
5:30 AM : Wake
5:31 AM : Start drinking (my buddy handed me a beer as I opened my tent)
8:00 AM : Eat and be joined by our 50 year old neighbors for our beerdarts games (if you need an explination of beer darts - ask and ye shall recieve)
7:00 PM : Go see Billy Ray Cirrus (Bad performer, but has a hot daughter) and George Straight - CHRIST WAS THAT AMAZING
4:00 AM : Go to bed and leave back to Regina... so ending the best days of my life...


HIGHLIGHTS : Seeing roughly 300 portapotties that were nocked over the last night
Playing drinking games with a 50 year old couple (who had some skillz - that just might have payed their billz)
Our walks through Iraq (the 'general camping' - people just show up and stake out their own spots... about 18k people who are only their for alcohol... last year about 4,000 couches were left and the clean up took 3 weeks...
Seeing a Mountie get jumped by drunks and one guy run off with his hat
and the best of all - SHAKING CHARLIE DANIELS HAND

There's no more Canadian drink than rye.

I'm not a country music fan and I can't drink, so there's nothing I can relate to on this. Glad you had a good time though, and you should definitely post moar.

Hey look, that asshole is back!

Dude I thought Kurtis was back. Don't scare me like that.

I'm assuming those beer and rye counts are with the entire group?
Because 183 beer and 189 oz of rye would mean you had a huge problem. And that problem would be that your liver is now dead.

Nononono, that is a countdown hahaha...

Ah, so you're one of THOSE guys.

Hope you wore a rubber.

Im not one of THOSE guys... we have been *friends* for a long time... and I did thankyouverymuch

The Charlie Daniel's Band are freaking sluts. They came to DELAWARE. 'Nuff said. Also, I hate country with near passion, but it still sounds like you had a grand time. But you didn't run out of beer?!

I also dislike most country. Country-Rock sometimes does okay.
Rainbow also sometimes does okay.

Rainbow rarely does okay.

Cirtur always does British.

Girls don't do that.

You can't do that on television.