September 5 & 6, 2008
 

Despite hurricane warnings Jill, Peter and Leslie, drawn by reports of possible trebuchet demonstrations and the Green Grass Cloggers reunion, loaded up the new Vanjo and headed down Rt. I-81 to meet up with Kevin and Jan, Paul and Virginia, Keith S. and Bill L. for a weekend of old time jamming at Glen Maury Park in Buena Vista, Virginia.   We set up our best Rockbridge FOB Hamlet ever with three 10 by 10s and Bill's and Keith's canopied vans.  After hamlet building, we enjoyed a tasty traditional hotdog-boil ~ both beef and veggie ~ complete with potluck goodies from everyone's kitchens and gardens. The predicted heavy rain and wind finally arrived Friday night and at one point it almost, but not quite, drowned the whole jam for the night.   But, the month before,  we had survived the great rains of Clifftop 2008 so we were prepared with our EZ-Up umbrella-bailout devices, raincoats and boots and prevailed a while longer before climbing into our various tents.   Saturday morning dawned wet and grey but, ever-hopeful, most of us stayed on and by early afternoon the clouds passed, the sun came out and it was as pretty as it can be in that little valley.   Other FOBers joining us for jamming and feasting included JC and Pat, Trent, Katy and Rich, Bill B., Howard and Jim, Ulrike and William, Andrea, Joe L, Frank.  I'm probably forgetting some folks and I apologize.  Another highlight was a small road trip for Virginia, where she found horses as well as treasures for the dog-sitter.   I think Jill purchased Bill's mandolin??  JC and Trent led us in the infamous, fiddle/banjo cross-G jam late Saturday night and Katy and Rich finished off our great time on Sunday morning by hosting a (hopefully annual?) burrito brunch in the pavilion at the end of the park.   Sunday afternoon we headed back home as another festival season drew to a close.