PHISH!!!!!!!

;Saturday morning around 8:00AM I got a call from Nick and James that they were getting into Columbia, MD so I gave them directions to the Wal-Mart where I was parked. After they found it we went into Panera Bread to get some breakfast and use the WiFi to look up hotels in the area. We found one only 8 miles away for only $66 a night, but check in wasn't til 1PM. We went to Wal-Mart to pick up some snacks and waters and other supplies, then went to the hotel to see if we could check in early. We weren't able to check in early, so we just dropped James's car and my trailer off in the parking lot and piled in my car since it had more room. We drove around checking out the area, and saw a place called SoccerDome where we dropped Nick off to watch the World Cup game. James and I found a cool city park on a lake to walk around until Nick was ready to be picked up. When we got there he was covered in sweat from playing soccer by himself inside. We headed for the hotel and got checked in and put the World Cup USA game on for Nick and James. They both ended up falling asleep though, as they had been driving all through the night, and when it was over we headed out the door for Phish!!
We got to the venue and had to make almost a complete circle before we could enter the parking lot across the street from Merriweather Post Pavilion. We got our car parked in front of a Sears sign so we could remember where it is. We got there and went in right at 7 o'clock, which was when they were scheduled to start. We managed to find a pretty decent spot on the lawn to sit down and watch the concert from. They started playing right around 7:30, opening with "Crowd Control" into "Kill Devil Falls". They then played "AC/DC" bag, which jammed! A little while later they played In an "Aeroplane Over the Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel, and no one around me had ever heard of it before, but I love NMH! I found out later that it was the first time Phish had ever played it! That was followed by "Stash" and "Backwards Down the Number Line". They ended their first set with "46 Days" and "Suzy Greenberg". During the set break I held our spot while James and Nick went to use the bathroom and get waters. They got back just as Trey was walking back onstage, perfect timing!
The second set opened with a "Rock & Roll" cover by Lou Reed. They played "Free" which was awesome, as it was the first Phish song Nick had ever heard. There was a 15 minute version of "Tweezer", "Wolfman's Brother", "Slave to the Traffic Light", followed by a "Tweezer Reprise" to end the set. The encore for the first night was "Show of Life" into "Good Times, Bad Times". It was an absolutely incredible experience, and by the best show I had seen all summer. And that was just the warm up!!
We had some trouble finding our car, it seems that there were two entrances to Sears, and we were looking at the wrong one. We found it though, and made our way back to the hotel. Once we got there we put in the Phish DVD IT and watched the first disc before going to bed.
We woke up around noon Sunday morning and made sandwiches and got everything together that we would need at the concert. We got to the parking lot around 4:30 and walked around talking to people for awhile before heading closer to the venue. We entered the venue around 6 o'clock and got a good spot set up right in front of the stage on the lawn, We made friends with our neighbors, and found out that this was his 79th Phish show. He said to ask him if we had any questions about the show.
When they came out onstage Trey was at the keyboard, Mike was on guitar, Fishman was on bass, and Page was on drums. They opened with "Walfredo", which I found out was the first time in 10 years they've played it live. They played "Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan" followed by "Divided Sky". The first set ended with "Sample In a Jar" into "Bathtub Gin" into "Brian and Robert" and finishing with "Run Like an Antelope". It was absolutely incredible!! I had been hoping to hear "Sample", "Bathtub Gin", and "Antelope", and got them all right next to each other!!!
They opened the second set with "Wilson" which was followed by "Meatstick". Quite possibly the best two songs to open a set with, soo much energy and soo much fun!!! They then went into "Saw It Again" and they kept throwing bits of "Saw It Again" into the entire second set. They went into a 16 minute rendition of "Piper" followed by "Ghost" (another song I was hoping to hear), followed by a cover of "Jumpin' Jack Flash". They then did another reprise of "Saw It Again" into "Contact". They ended the set with a 20 minute long "You Enjoy Myself" and I got the ENTIRE song on video camera. This was the song I was looking forward to the most, and for them to end the night with it 20 minutes long was incredible!!! They came back for their encore and played Jimi Hendrix's "Fire". It was an amazing end to an amazing night.
We went straight back to the hotel and crashed hard.