Camp Redwoods Music Campout at Camp Navarro

We're back from nine days away—legitimately tired after our first full work day, but godsmacked by what just happened in the redwoods. Dan Braun met us at the gate saying "we've been waiting for you, we followed your whole trip on Instagram," and within two hours of arriving, people kept stopping us like "you're the people from Washington, right?"What we discuss:The campsite selection process—what Dan said about finding the spot that "touches your soul," why Clint was freaking out about blocking traffic while Johnna's like "I need to feel the spot," and the porta-potty proximity decision that determined everythingThe double-size festival situation—what happened when Camp Navarro went from 450-ish to 900-ish people, the slow crawl from 11am to 2pm setup, and why nobody was honking or acting pissed off about anythingJohnna's top-1% Beach Fly fan status—the Spotify notification, the tall grass song discovery at the gym, and what happened when she spotted the lead singer in the crowd during Bobby Lou (maximize that opportunity)The hip abduction lodge versus mainstage difference—Friday night's deep cuts they haven't played in 10 years, Saturday night's "did we make this playlist" experience, and Dave's storytelling about the dog songThe Coyote Island mushroom situation—what we heard during our whole walk back to camp (the same instrumental going long), the ice bucket moment we missed, and the self-deprecating jokes the next dayJoe Samba's Jack Black energy—what made us uncomfortable about the lyrics and swearing in this specific environment, the Beach Fly lyric "I want that real love baby not that fake stuff that's going out of style," and why frequency mattersThis is about understanding what it means when artists bring each other on stage for cameos, why you can leave your phone charging hundreds of yards away for hours with zero concern, and how sound checks reveal something different than the performance. We're walking through the shower situation (never waited, always warm, always clean at 10-11am), the $25 pizza quality, what it's like when the festival director chats with you for minutes while traffic crawls, and why Clint thought the band seemed disjointed 30 seconds before they announced they'd never played together before.