Concerts

When the boys asked if Joe and I wanted to go to the Kenny Chesney concert with them, we, of course, said  yes. When two college kids ask their parents go to somewhere, that's pretty exciting. Even though, for us, it's fairly typical. 

The concert was on Saturday. We had a great time even though it was 97 degrees out.  I sat under the bed cover of the truck for most of the afternoon to get out of the sun.  Of course, it was popped up.  The parking authority wasn't allowing any tents to be set up. 

I wasn't real sure what to expect. The tailgating was crazy. The people, cars, and alcohol was outrageous.  I don't think I've ever seen so many cutoff jean shorts in one place before. 

Chesney refused to come to Pittsburgh a few years ago because of all of the trash the tailgaters left.  So this year, they handed out recycle bags to the cars as they drove into the parking lots.  The theory was good. Most people cleaned up after themselves before going into the stadium. There were blue recycle and trash bags in the parking lot. The problem was leaving the parking lots. There was nowhere to put the bags, if you weren't parked against a guardrail or fence like we were. We put our bags behind the guard rail. But for those people in the center of the lots, the bags got ran over by cars and trucks leaving the parking lots. The city should have had some one come by in a truck when everyone was in the concert and picked up the bags.

The concert was fun.  Both McGraw and Chesney were great entertainers. They seem to really enjoy what they do for a living.  Won't that be great if we all felt that way.

You have to enjoy people watching when you go to an event such as this. There are too many stories to even write about - Between the sunburns so bad that they look purple, to people sleeping in pool of garbage, and people generally having a good time.

When they come back to town next July 4 weekend, I'm sure we'll be in the stadium again. Hopefully, it won't be 97 degrees out again.


     Until next time, when I continue the rantings and ravings of a mom of an

American Dream Family.....