It's impossible to really see the Kerrville Folk Festival in only seven or eight hours, but I did my best today.

The woman at the front gate greeted me saying, "Welcome home," and after parking my car, I walked to David's RV. I spent most of my time with David and Diana at Buster & Boomer's Halfway House, the name of their campsite which they share with Boomer and her husband (neither of whom were there that day).

After sipping a couple beers from the tap David installed to the exterior of his RV, we started picking a few songs, playing for Diana and watching the other festival goers stroll by. Several people stopped to play a few songs with us; I knew a few of them, David and Diana knew most of them, and we only met the others that moment.

Eventually, David set up his washtub bass, and then lots of folks stopped by for a song or two, either to play or just listen.

Toward the end of my all-too-short visit, David took me around Quiet Valley Ranch. We bumped into Jimmy Joe on his way to the camp showers, and found Chrissie a little farther down the road, sitting under the shade of a tree.

She was working on her newest song, "Sonrisa," which is Spanish for smile. She played us what she had so far, and we liked it. After a bit, Jimmy Joe, freshly washed and smiling, came back, and we all chatted about songwriting and whatever else popped into our heads.

Jimmy Joe and Chrissie set up their tent in what's called The Meadow. It's the primitive campground site, with tents and a few pop-up campers spread out everywhere. After we left The Better Halves, we saw Jack Pledge who invited us to his tent in The Lower Meadows campground area, which lies on the other side of a drainage ditch/rivulet called Sudden Creek. I think the name says it all. We played a few songs with Jack and some of his camping neighbors, and then headed back to Halfway House.

Each day of the festival includes a Sundown Concert, but sadly, I couldn't stay for it. I came to the festival as a Kerr-virgin, but because I missed MOST of what KFF has to offer, I'm not really a full-fledged Kerrvert yet. The festival is mainly about its concerts, new folk award shows, and workshops for seemingly everything. There are workshops for songwriting, blues guitar, music law, ukulele, harmonica, professional development of music teachers, and more.

Trout Fishing in America, Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary), Sultans of String, Butch Morgan, and Bob Livingston are among the dozen of headliners performing here this year. The whole festival is 18 days long, and I wish I could have camped there for at least one week, but that'll have to wait until next year.

Brad drove up from Houston for the start of the Texas 4000, an incredible bicycle event in which the participants ride from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska. Brad is a coach, and would only ride the first 50-mile leg of this monster trip.

The kick-off party was Friday night, and the UT Alumni Band performed a couple of songs. Later that night, we went to the Little Longhorn Saloon to hear Kathy & the Kilowatts perform (it was Kathy Murray's birthday bash, too). Great fun.

On Saturday, Brad rode with the Texas 4000 from Cedar Park to Lampassas, about a 50-mile ride. Meanwhile, I drove to Dripping Springs to watch Chris Beirne and David Patrick Dunn perform. They called me to the stage for a couple of songs. Great fun, again. Both of us were pretty tired, so we stayed home and chatted Saturday night.

Spent Sunday evening at Twin Creeks Hall. Kevin Marin is back in town for a few days, and after playing a few songs with me, other folks invited him to play with them.

I always have fun playing with Kaye and Paul, and tonight at Walburg's Restaurant and Beirgarten was no exception. We played nine original songs as a group. Paul sang the lead on his songs: "Lady Lovely," "The Vision (Believe)," and "Leave Me Alone." Kaye sang the lead on her songs: "Messy Glory of It All," "Spanish Moon Cafe," and "Woman Who Makes You Smile." I sang "Beer and Pretzels for Communion" and "Guilty Pleasure," and we closed the show with "Hot Pepper Tamale."

It was also a fun night for me personally because my son came for the show, along with his girlfriend Kati and friends Caleb and Kevin.

UPDATE: On June 2, Lois Jenison posted a review of Kaye Pasa at Walburg stating, in part:

The Kaye Pasa Trio (Kaye Reznick, John Davenport, and Paul Teneyuque) provided great variety in their song selections while shining as the spotlighted entertainers of the night. They delivered memories of romance in “Lady Lovely” and “Spanish Moon Café”, as well as light hearted fun in “Beer and Pretzels for Communion”, and a gal remembered as a “Hot Pepper Tamale”, who’d “rather dance… when it came to romance!” The blending voices within the trio sounded as if they were in a group of 6, with the alternating addition of a harmonica, ukulele, and tambourine playing along with their guitars… and terrific (imaginary) brass instruments!