The Gorge.

Last night, I was given the opportunity to not only help out our cross-country team by selling alcoholic beverages at The Gorge (To a bunch of middle-aged adults trying to relive their glory days), but also to listen to music for eight hours straight, with the head-lining act being the Dave Matthews Band. Anyone who has been to a concert in the Pacific-Northwest area has most likely been to The Gorge. It is probably the most well-known amphitheater in the Pacific-Northwest (At least in Washington that's for sure.) Not only do they host incredible events, such as Warped Tour, but the backdrop to the stage is literally a cliff (More like the Columbia river, but hey, when your drunk off your a$$, you can't tell which way is up right?) The scenery surrounding the venue is surreal, which makes this place not only stunning on the eyes, but also an amazing venue for music.

Our job, well at least my job, was to help everyone enjoy the concert in the quickest way possible. How do we do that? By giving them beer hahaha. We had seven people (Scott, Matt, Zach, Kailee, Ashlee, and myself serving beers and margaritas from about 1pm to 9pm. We also had soda and water as well, but c'mon, who really gets WATER at a concert? I had been told by Kevin that I wasn't allowed to actually touch any of the alcohol (Because I had not done the training or whatever.) That rule quickly went out the window the moment we had a significant line, which did not take very long. I don't think I have looked at that many ID's, as I did in that eight hour time-gap. One thing that was intriguing was that about 75% of the people we carded, were not from Washington. I saw more Canadian licenses than Washington ones (Heck, I saw more Illinois ones than Oregon ones; I guess people travel REALLY far when they want to see someone perform). We also encounter a few guys from overseas (Two gentlemen from Belgium, one guy from the U.K. and another from Ireland.)

After we were done selling, we got to enjoy the concert for a little bit, while Kevin was stuck making sure that all of our number were semi-correct. We ended up selling over $22,000 dollars worth of merchandise (Holy cow!!!). Being a volunteer group, we received a small portion of the profits (I think it was like 5%), not to mention all of the tips that people generously gave us. By the end of the night, everyone who was working (We had seven people in our booth, and six more working in a Lemonade stand in another area) each received $40 dollars worth of tips. Not to mention it was all in one dollar bills hahaha. Can you say strip club?? jk jk. It was a great experience that I would do again in a heartbeat, although maybe next time, we could stay open a little later, which would mean more tips, and essentially more money.