Deer Creek 1

After a quick stop over in Pueblo, CO to take on 650 gallons of fuel we made it to Zionsville, IN in just over two-and-a-half hours from Telluride. We were greeted with sweltering 90+ temperatures and a ridiculous amount of humidity, which was a far cry from the cool of Berkeley and Telluride.

Kenny called the “Run Jim” opener and our first “PYITE” of the tour got the party started. “Roggae” was nice but not on the level of 12/28/09’s version and “CTB” was the easy highlight of the first set for me. Unlike most others in attendance I was actually happy to hear “TTE” close things out.

The second set really took off with an excellent “Drowned” and we had plenty of space to dance in the pavilion on Fish side. Good thing too since we went crazy during the always welcome rarity “MFMF” and when it was followed by an even bigger bust out in “Buffalo Bill” (my first since 12/18/99) all hell broke loose. The energy after those two ratcheted up the intensity during a sick “Twist.” The final highlight of second set for me was a raging “Melt” that splashed down into another uber rarity “Dog Faced Boy.”

I should have known the boys were having a good time when “Golgi” followed “Hood” to end set two, but the encore really took the cake. “Fee > NO2 > Kung > Fire” was an unreal way to close things out. (My first “Fee” since 2/14/03 and first “Kung” since 11/16/96.) The overall highlight of evening had to be our 60+ year old driver Jim taking one of our extra lawn tickets and rocking it out black pants, dress shoes and a white button up shirt all night long.