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Return to Bliss(fest)

StringGrrl's travel companion Eric is getting old. 
I find myself "leaning into" my mid-life crisis and regressing to relive my mid-twenties. As the "kids" are launching into their adult life post university, I took StringGrrl to Blissfest, which was quite literally my first "adulting" trip. 
Photo credit: Nicholas James Thomasma via localspins.com

I haven't returned to Blissfest since 1995 when on the way downstate to move-out from MTU and down to the Grosse Pointes to live, work, fall in love, raise a family, fail at remaining part of another's future happiness, lose love & entire parts of myself in the process, and eventually come full circle and find myself back at Blissfest on the threshold of individual adulting life.

The Woods, where many campers have established communities that span decades, is decorated with surprising detail for a weekend festival.

Main Stage at night

Night falls over one of the many camps around Blissfest

StringGrrl makes friends in the "Hardwood Haven Camp"

Blissfest Library, is an "little" free library that has been hosted for years


The Librarians of the moment (have been trucking the books around for a few decades)

Decoration of the forest is rather detailed for a weekend, then no traces are left

Third Stage had the best shade and fortunately for us, the best beer vendor sitting next to us

Silent Disco was one of the 2 volunteer shifts that StringGrrl and Eric took

We were sporting a Tattly temporary tattoo, Tattone (5K1 N) as in SKIN. All colors of skin are valid




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