Adventures of WeDrink at All Good 2009, Day Three: Why You Shouldn't Fear the Weatherman

I had been trying to not think about Saturday as it approached. All weather reports pointed to Saturday being a downpour. And not only that, apparently when it rains at Marvin's Mountaintop, it really rains. I'm talking complete ground saturation and instant mud sinking halfway up to your knees.

"Yeah man, last year was terrible. The rain was brutal for about four hours, but the wind man, the wind...people's tents were blowing around, getting picked up into the trees. We had pretty much been hit by a tsunami."

Damn, a tsunami? The passerby relating this story to us must have meant monsoon, or some other rain-related squall, because the thought of a tsunami in the mountains just blew all our minds for a few moments there.



Pretty sure the last time a tsunami hit West Virginia, Bruce Willis was in space, and Frodo Baggins was still just an amateur astronomer.





However, someone must have been looking out for us, because contrary to every radar continually telling us we were "just about to get dumped on", the rain never came. It got cloudy for a little while, but stayed fairly warm and nice throughout the afternoon and into the night.

This was a huge morale booster for all of us at the WeDrink booth, as a rainy mud-fest wouldn't really have helped our attempts to promote stainless-steel water bottles.

By Saturday we had also really gotten to know some of our frequent-flyer customers. Apparently offering free refills of ice water throughout a hot weekend-long event is a good way to see people a lot. Great people, and their great contraptions:

Wonderful. Just wonderful. I never got tired of seeing Dave and his hand-made WeDrink tote roll up to our tent for refills. He was also one of the most enthusiastic for the cause, telling everyone he could about our charity bottles.

Saturday night was also the only time I left the booth since we'd arrived Wednesday night: Umphrey's McGee was playing the main stage at 1am. They ended up jamming till almost 4am, and I stumbled back to my tent to crash until 6:45 when I'd wake for the last day at All Good...

Best,
-Andrew


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Adventures of WeDrink at All Good 2009: Day One
Adventures of WeDrink at All Good 2009: Day Two