We headed out sometime in the afternoon after cramming everything into the small car. We packed our own tent, a dinky little cart, a cooler, our info, and a banner, and a foldable table or two. We crashed in Portland and left early at four in the morning the next day. The drive to the Gorge was tedious being the only legal driver in the car. Driving in the area while watching the sun rise was a beautiful thing. We drove and drove and drove. We got there and headed in and set up near the Hurley Stage. We were right next to the Monster Energy Drink area and our non profit neighbor was To Write Love on Her Arms, which is an amazing organization.
We set up, utilized some duct tape on our tent, borrowed a table , and set up. A lot of people just came by to see if we were giving out any free stickers. I think people love stickers a lot! I liked the set up a lot because we had a view of the stage which was right next to another stage , but I can't recall the name of that one... anyways! We got to watch a great variety right from our booth... POS, All Time Low, Big D and The Kids Table, Meg and Dia, and more! The Gorge is one of the most beautiful venues ever. It is probably one of my favorite, but I'm a huge fan of the NW venues.
One of my favorite warped performances would be Street Drum Corps who played every day under the Skullcandy Tent at 4:20.
We also took a break and went up front to watch Meg and Dia
After a long day of work in the nice weather we loaded our stuff back up and headed to Portland.
The drive back was long , and I took a weird route which was a very small road with lots of cars on it, it was raining like crazy, and I ended up getting lost and driving all the way to Astoria at 4 in the morning, if you know Oregon, you know that this is the opposite direction of the next venue. Finally get to our creepy hotel in St. Helens and crash for a couple hours.
Then we wake up for Portland Warped Tour!
We set up under the main Warped Tour Non-Profit Tent for the day and watched a couple of bands, talked to people, helped take surveys from the line.
I went and saw the Street Drum Corps again because they were so fun to watch!
I also saw Escape the Fate and Chiodos.
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