If you arrived at Wakarusa on Wednesday morning, you’d never have expected that in just 24 hours, nearly 15,000 people would be on Mulberry Mountain.

We went a little early this year to pick up our press passes and took a half dozen photos of the (non) action while waiting to get into the convention center.

Compared to the Thursday afternoon scenery we snapped last year, it was pretty amazing to see all that empty grass this morning.

Check out the slideshow below or head over to our Flickr page to see them individually.