I can't believe there is a wireless connection here! I mean, there is no plumbing, no showers (yet), no drinkable water that isn't bottled, no cell phone for miles (for me, anyway) but there is a wireless connection.
at 2 am i wouldn't have said it, but this is likely a worthwhile experience. another one for the cumulative file. it has rained several times already (since last nite) and is so cold that I can barely type (tho it says 73 on the computer) and i'm practically shivering as i type.
Met several nice people, interesting. a guy who carves pipes out of already-dead deer antlers and just had a bit part in a colin farrel (sp?) movie. a ceramicist who does installations in homes. several locals. the tent city is growing so fast that i can't find my own when i return to it. a very unreal experience. lotsa down time at this point cause things don't really start for another 2 hours. hope the rain stops by then.
who have thunk that this kind of thing goes on all over, in many places? they expect thousands of people here this weekend. it is all "peace and love" but not in a way I can't believe. wide age spread, everyone from the aging hippies to young folks with little kids to ex-military young guys. food stands, converted school busses selling coffee and housing the propriators, so many people that live a nomadic life--i wonder for how long?
well, i guess further pictures will have to wait, for some reason they won't upload now, and i want to save my battery for later, or tomorrow, or whenever.
signing off, live from Floyd, Virginia. Brrrr.
you are all over the place woman!
stay dry....
hope you liked Oregon!
Posted by: Beth Ann | August 04, 2005 at 01:36 AM