Here’s a short video of us driving through the Catskills on our way to Hydrotechnics last weekend.
Here’s a short video of us driving through the Catskills on our way to Hydrotechnics last weekend.
This past weekend, we attended an electronic dance music festival called Hydrotechnics at Echo Lake Campground in Afton, NY. This event was put together by a well-known New England events group called The Mutiny. We prefer smaller, local events because the music tends to be much more diverse and the atmosphere less controlled. We have been to some of the larger EDM festivals, such an Electric Daisy Carnival, and although they are spectacular in their own way, they’re just too big. Also, we were super excited because our two favorite DJ’s, Venom & Irene, were going to be performing!
Of course, it was a huge bonus that we could bring Lady T for a long weekend of camping. We left very early last Friday morning and arrived at the campground around 1:30 PM. We were guided down a long dirt road, which was very bumpy and muddy. Most attendees were car camping and there weren’t many RV sites available.The guide offered us a choice of 3 open sites, all of which were right on the lake, and we picked the most spacious one.
We got some rain on Saturday night, which made the muddy road to the stages an interesting walk, but overall we had a great time. There were poi spinners, fire performers, and hula “hoopers”, and the music was lots of fun. Also, I picked up a couple of cool things from vendors We See Color Creations and Be It Art. Check out the pics and video from the event!
We slept in this morning then headed out to cruise the peninsula of Presque Isle. The state park has several beaches to explore and many people were out enjoying fishing, boating and the scenic bike trail.
We stopped one more time to walk the beach and look for more treasure. It was a little cooler and windy so we jumped back in Lady T and drove east towards home. Lady T was running better than she had in days so after a couple hundred miles we decided that we would just drive straight home unless something major caught our eye.
Unfortunately, Lady T became very unhappy just after we crossed the Massachusetts border so we had to stop at a rest area to let her cool off. We decided to rest as well and took a nap until about 2:30 AM. An hour and a half later, we parked Lady T in Devens and spent our first night away from her in 29 days.
Stay tuned for more videos, pictures and our final blog post for our Route 66 adventure!
~J&J