Well put - I couldn't agree more. After a year and a half of no live music, especially Phish shows - I completely surrendered to the flow & enjoyed EVERY song that was thrown at me. I was able to catch three (3) shows on this run: Hershey N2, AC N1 & AC N3

I drove to Hershey, PA from LI to meet up with my son (25) who lives in PA for N2. Unfortunately, I had a meeting at work the next day which I could not reschedule or cancel. So I drove back to LI immediately after the show. This reminded of my old deadhead days ('79 - '95) of pounding shows on the east coast.

My midweek road trip (out & back) to PA was the inspiration for my weekend in AC. I have an annual getaway weekend with 12 buddies (brothers) from my Long Island high school (Class of '82) this was the 39th year of the same 12 guys getting together and this year it took place in Tannersville, NY (Hunter Mtn) - bummed because it landed on the same weekend of my AC Phish plans.

Determined to not miss out on either. I drove the AC on Friday morning and went to the show N1. After the show, I drove to Tannersville, NY (approx. 240 miles) arrived at the house at 3:15 am. Some of my buddies were still up partying - classic. I spent all day Saturday with my "brothers" - hiking Kaaterskill Falls & "partying" pretty hard that night. In the morning (Sunday) we had a great breakfast. I then drove back to AC for N3 - "never miss a Sunday show" - It did NOT disappoint! After the show, I drove back to Long Island (175 miles). Walked in my house at 2:45 am - slept for four hours and went to work by 9:00am Monday morning.

That my friends is how you phish at 58 years old - that will either keep you young or kill you :-)

Next stop for me - Garcia all in Vegas.

Fred