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Originally Posted by tpop1
Left New Haven Friday after lunch and drove the backroads in without hitting much heavy traffic. Stayed off the highways. Pulled into our field (farmers had their fields open for campers) and we walked the 1/2 mile to the hill.
My most indelible memory of the weekend was walking up that road and hearing Richie Havens playing "Freedom" to open the show. Got to the Main gate to find all the fences were down...no tickets needed.
We had plenty of food, plenty of water and a great tent set up in the field so never felt in jeopardy.
I ended this great weekend by leaving Sunday morning, got home and cleaned up and caught the 1st Giants / Jets pre-season football game ever held at Yale Bowl.
Great music, great weekend!!!
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I left New Haven around 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon. I was supposed to be going to Saybrook to spend the weekend with a boyfriend, but once I drove down to the "Green", I got waylaid and convinced I should drive a carload of kids to Woodstock.
I didn't have tickets, I didn't have food... and it didn't matter. I had a wonderful time. It was the time of my life ... (what I remember of the weekend, that is.)
I, too, had to leave early on Sunday becase I had tickets for Led Zeppelin at Wallingford's theatre in the round. My mother threw a minor fit because I just came home, took a quick shower and ran out the door again.
I'm no worse for the wear. I'll never forget Woodstock OR Watkins Glen the following year... and I bought tickets for that!
