haydays traffic
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volcano buster
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You aren't in the line for the porta-potty by accident are you?
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I don't think the greedy sno barons will get a conditional use permit for next year ! I wouldn't give them one .
I don't think the greedy sno barons will get a conditional use permit for next year ! I wouldn't give them one .
fourthmeal
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Yeah, not closed. I showed up at 2 after a 3.5 hour drive from Minneapolis. Driving there felt like the 60-mile traffic jam in China. Parking and traffic were a beeotch but a smart guy would take the backroads and bypass north branch. Once there, the show was awesome. New venue is great once you're inside.
They had a plane flying around all afternoon with a sign saying "thanks for your patience, improvements coming for 2011."
They had a plane flying around all afternoon with a sign saying "thanks for your patience, improvements coming for 2011."
I guess it's a good thing your not in charge of the permits
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diggerdown
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The county and state patrol was not real happy with having all the roads blocked, I'm sure for next year a well thought out plan will need to be presented in order to get a permit for it. It was even bad for the sno-barrons, I know they are very poorly organized but someone should be flogged!
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miko
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I think it was the perfect storm for hay days this year:
1)A new site that the sno barons were not used to.
2)Rain made parking impossible
3)A new county which means new law enforcement that wasn't ready for anything of this size.
4)A LOT of people showed up.
I really think things will be better next year but they have a lot of work a head of them.
Just my .02 from what I saw and heard yesterday.
1)A new site that the sno barons were not used to.
2)Rain made parking impossible
3)A new county which means new law enforcement that wasn't ready for anything of this size.
4)A LOT of people showed up.
I really think things will be better next year but they have a lot of work a head of them.
Just my .02 from what I saw and heard yesterday.
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Chubby
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Naw the biggest thing is there isnt enough good roads to get there and I just dont see Any being built..... I think this is about the worst place to have that big of a show. 95 is a cluster anyway and there isnt enough motels close. I had my toy hauler up there for the t struck thing that ended at 10 or so my biggest mistake is to go to North Branch and park it there. I didnt even go to haydays
I'd like to hear from the sno barons to hear the real story.
Did they just screw up and not anticipate that many people?
They should have been ready for mud, I don't find that as a good excuse.
Once they closed the road why didn't they run those tractors with wagons all the way down the road? Why didn't they have the tractors and wagons running at 5 pm when everyone was leaving?
Why didn't we get free or discounted entrance fee after walking 3.5 miles to get there?
Perhaps the cops prevented them from doing some stuff but I would like to hear their official story.
Anyone go today to know if it was better?
I know there was 6 of us in our truck that won't be going ever again unless they come up with some good reasons.
Did they just screw up and not anticipate that many people?
They should have been ready for mud, I don't find that as a good excuse.
Once they closed the road why didn't they run those tractors with wagons all the way down the road? Why didn't they have the tractors and wagons running at 5 pm when everyone was leaving?
Why didn't we get free or discounted entrance fee after walking 3.5 miles to get there?
Perhaps the cops prevented them from doing some stuff but I would like to hear their official story.
Anyone go today to know if it was better?
I know there was 6 of us in our truck that won't be going ever again unless they come up with some good reasons.
I am sure it will be awhile before you hear from any of the Barons...they are too busy counting their profits, and trying to figure out what to do with their cut.
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slednutz
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I think this year will stop alot of first time people from coming back. We waited in line for 3 hours in standstill traffic after getting in line to get in around 6:30 a.m. saturday morning. Only to find out that after parking at 10:30 we would have to walk 2 miles just to get in.
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maddog21
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drove 4 hours from webster city, ia to stacy, arrived at 10:35am (I wanted to be there by 10 or 11am) then left Stacy, ended up another 3 hours on traffic then walked 3 miles to the haydays. (finally arrived at haydays at 2:30pm or so) I was pissed. I am now recovering from sore in my groin lol
What a cluster f*$%. We were in line at 7:00 saturday morning about 2 1/2 miles away and it took 2 1/2 hours to get in the parking lot. They only had 2 entrances to the parking lot that was all muddy. I heard that their were big campers or motorhomes stuck in the mud blocking the entrance and had to go get a big bulldozer or something to get them unstuck. I know people were walking a lot farther then 3 miles and there was way more people there then in years past. It was a nice place once you got in, but they need to make a few changes for next year. They even had a plane pulling a sign that said Thank you for your patiance, big changes 2011.
Yeah, and what I want to know is if this sign was made before the show, or if they put it together saturday morning. If it was already made then they knew they were in trouble and someone should be stoned. We walked 3 miles after waiting in the traffic for over 3 hours.
Another question I have is why were the locals prepared to have people parking (the people's place we parked in said they had around 100 vehicles) so far away? Did they just see what was happening and respond, or did they see this coming and get ready for it. Pretty sad if they knew it coming and sno-barons didn't.
Why the fu.....c..k..didn't they offer the local farmer the parking fees, who's field they must have already been using part of (the alfalfa field to the south) I would have thought he would have jumped at the chance to get several thousand dollars, but maybe not.
just a few thoughts.
Otherwise inside the show everything was great, but with only 4 hours to see it it was a little rushed.
kirk
I was thinking the same thing after a 60 mile drive that took over 5 hours!
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