Campers ready for Coachella weekend two festivities
The scene around midnight before Coachella weekend two kicked off was a line of cars making their way to the Coachella campgrounds, hours later than anticipated,due to a delay in opening due to high winds. That didn’t dampen this camper’s plans.
“I think we all agree we’ll do a little power nap…collective power nap and then we’re going to get right to it,” Cody Dufur, a camper, said.
The delay forced some campers to take refuge at Walmart. Others decided to stay the night at a hotel like these women from Santa Barbara. While they had to spend a little cash, there was a silver lining.
“I mean it wasn’t too bad,” Jasmine Smith-Torres, a camper, said. “It allowed us to kind of spend some time, like get a nice solid night of sleep before the festival starts, but a little unfortunate.”
Through extensive planning and scheduling, the group was able to avoid any major gridlocks.
“We timed it pretty well leaving from UCSB so we were on the tail end of Santa Barbara traffic and then we missed the LA traffic so it wasn’t bad,” Veronica Russell, a fellow camper, said.
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Another group that had to stay at a hotel didn’t get much sleep though, gathering their supplies before setting up camp, and hanging out at the Walmart parking lot beforehand.
“We stocked up at Walmart, bandanas, I even got this at Walmart, tye dyed it, cut it and I mean I’m all ready,” Nick Frisella, a camper, said.
A ticket mishap though turned an 8 hour ride from Sacramento into a 13 hour journey, leading to this piece of advice.
“Don’t assume that you have things and and if you’re really ballsy, then put them on right away. put them on your right hand,” Eric Tyukayev, a camper, said.
Thankfully those forgotten tickets were found, and it’s advice this group will be sure to follow next time.
