You are right. That is a silly place to put an amphitheater in terms of traffic management.

However, there is a solution. It involves a different mindset. Go to the concert with a group of friends, and when the concert is over, take your time, go unhurriedly to your car, get in and have a two hour party. Oh, not funny hats and booze, but just a two hour session with friends. Play games, listen to music, argue about whether the rooster crows because the sun comes up or whether the sun comes up because the rooster crows. Look at all the tight-jawed idiots maneuvering and taking chances to gain a two car length advantage over someone else, and laugh at them.

You'll find that this part of the evening is almost as enjoyable as the concert itself. When everybody's gone, have a nice stress-free drive home.

Another alternative is to park two miles away where there is access to easy egress from the area and have a nice half-hour walk to and from the concert. SWMBO used to do this at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Palo Alto. This won't work at White River, because if you parked six miles away you'd still be on little congested farm roads.

I wouldn't be quite so quick to give up on live Rush concerts.

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