Two women wearing 94.5 radio volunteer shirts wandered by a sea of trucks, trailers and tents Thursday afternoon at Tuttle Creek, making their way to a large, open area covered by a stage of lights and music sets.  The women were only two of 500 volunteers and 150,000 people who attended the 2010 Country Stampede music festival throughout the four-day weekend. As they continued walking through the gates, soaking up Kansas rays and beautiful country music, they reflected on the moments and memories they shared throughout the weekend.

The two girls were military volunteers appreciating every moment of the weekend before they were deployed to Iraq earlier this week.

"Stampede is helping us get ready for Iraq," said Jerryka Robbison, private first class. "We can enjoy ourselves and have fun because when we get over there we are not going to be able to."

Inside the concert area, Adam James Hammon, of Los Angeles, Calif., took in every word country musician Craig Morgan sang.

Hammon said he had returned to the U.S. on June 21, and was enjoying every moment and is thankful the Army sent him home in time to attend Stampede.

The concert area was constantly packed from Thursday until Sunday evening. Country music fans filed in with lawn chairs and blankets to watch performers in the Stampede line-up.

Artists who sang Thursday include Luke Bryan, performing his new hit "Rain is a Good Thing," and Miranda Lambert, singing into her shotgun microphone stand.

Friday, Darius Rucker performed with audience members chanting "Hootie, Hootie," followed by headliner Keith Urban. Urban came on stage around 10:30 p.m. and left the stage into the crowd about 11:30.

Saturday, Craig Morgan and Billy Currington performed, followed by famed duo Montgomery Gentry. Jake Owen gave the Sunday crowd goosebumps while he sang a song for his nine-year-old hero who died a couple of years ago. Following was a performance by trio Little Big Town.

Walking to or from the festival area a camper would break a sweat just by blinking during the four days of Stampede. To prevent the heat ruining the party weekend most campers decided to forgo shirt.

Many women ran around wearing bikini tops and frayed daisy dukes unbuttoned and folded down. Men typically wore either swimming trunks or shorts and T-shirts. Many heads were wrapped in bandanas to prevent sweat from running down faces.

The campgrounds had tattoos a blazing, beads and buttons galore, a pleasure seeking "go trashy or go home" atmosphere and was a panty-dropping good time for the women who left their underwear on the asphalt.

One campsite bus hosted a large dance party on the top of its RV throughout Thursday night, complete with a stripper pole.

Officials did not allow the dance party to continue after Thursday night, and the RV displayed a sign that read "Blame Bill for no Music" the rest of the week.

Chris Grogangroen and Eric Sponsel, who traveled from Switzerland, said they "came to the land of the free and Stampede to find wives." The men said they enjoyed the weekened and the RV dance party.

While waiting on concerts to start, many Stampede attendees wandered around different campsites, chugging from beer bongs, playing beer pong, flip cup and taking a spin around a hollow baseball bat for Louisville chugger.

Human-size games like Plinko and Jenga aimed to lure women in to ultimately lose and flash their breasts for Mardi Gras beads. However, some women did not need to lose at a game to earn their own beads. Many women made bead earning a contest and said they were proud of their efforts.

The excess of alcohol at Tuttle Creek affected alcohol sales in Manhattan, too, this weekend.

According to Brian Rankin, store manager for Short Stop 12 on Tuttle Creek Blvd., the store's sales increased between $8,000-$9,000 a day.

"Stampede is like Christmas to us," Rankin said.

Convenience and liquor stores are not the only ones who receive an increase of cash flow.

Todd Lovin, Tuttle Creek Park manager said there is a contract between Stampede and Tuttle, and it states that a portion of sales goes toward improvements at the park.

"We have large events every day and every week, but this is a much larger event with a different twist," he said.

He also said Tuttle receives many return visits from people for other activities who heard about Tuttle through Stampede.

Whether Stampede attendees remember their time at the music festival, it was a weekend full of activity. For soldiers like Robbison who are preparing for deployment to Iraq, Stampede gave them a chance to enjoy the weekend before duty called.