Trailrunner Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Forty years ago today I camped in the mud for the weekend in Bethel, New York. Anyone else there then? Mexican Trailrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Forty years ago today I camped in the mud for the weekend in Bethel, New York. Anyone else there then? Mexican Trailrunner No, but I went to Willie's first picnic. Does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 DH and his then girlfriend got tickets and headed up from DC. Their car broke down near Wilmington DE. They turned around and went back to DC. Within a year they went on a backpack trip that traversed from the Arctic to the Antarctic. [book in progress] The planning was well underway in August '69, and Bill says missing Woodstock because they didn't hitch a ride was a real wake up call, telling them their heads weren't yet screwed on straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WA4KDC Posted August 16, 2009 Report Share Posted August 16, 2009 Forty years ago today I camped in the mud for the weekend in Bethel, New York. Anyone else there then? Mexican Trailrunner I was in the U.S. Air Farce on a whole 'nother continent doing stuff I strongly disagreed with but had to do anyway. I saw the movie at the Base Theater tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrunner Posted August 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Yes! Willie's first picnic DOES count!!! I knew them then. They were wild style, and way fun. Mexican Trailrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrunner Posted August 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Thanks for doing that, WA4KDC, I was married to a man who had to do that too. You guys paid a price. Not easy. Mexican TrailrunnerMy link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravy Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Split a house in Sauggretees (sp ) which was 1/2 way between Woodstock and Bethel with a friend ....every morning , after a big breakfast , I tuned up my head and motorcycle and drove as far into the concert as I could and chained the bike to a tree ......when I had enough of the MUD AND RAIN ......I went home ..hot shower......and we would take the Jag( 58 coup ) into town where they were helicoptering the acts in .........Santana with guys from other bands jamming at "The Purple Elephant" think that was the summer I lost my hearing......more if you want it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookj5 Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Split a house in Sauggretees (sp ) which was 1/2 way between Woodstock and Bethel with a friend ....every morning , after a big breakfast , I tuned up my head and motorcycle and drove as far into the concert as I could and chained the bike to a tree ......when I had enough of the MUD AND RAIN ......I went home ..hot shower......and we would take the Jag( 58 coup ) into town where they were helicoptering the acts in .........Santana with guys from other bands jamming at "The Purple Elephant" think that was the summer I lost my hearing......more if you want it Hey Gravy. Any relation to Wavy Gravy? He was there too, as you might remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrunner Posted August 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 More, more, Gravy!!! Yes. Way fun, huh? My memoirs are the first post on my blog, check it out: Mexican Trailrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrunner Posted August 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Yup, he was there. My favorite Wavy line of the weekend was: "What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravy Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Didn't see Wavy Gravy at Woodstock but ran into him at Columbia University during the riots.......walked up , introduced myself, and called him a fraud....that I was given the name at birth and had to fight all my life ( the boy named Sue)whereas he had just given himself the name..he then laughed and we chatted for a moment...but there WAS a riot going on.....years later , I saw him at a "function" and he was still true to his flower child credo running food kitchens "Wavy Gravy" came from a newspaper cartoon strip...."scram , gravy ain't wavy" and "Notary sejac"....first one to name it , I'll buy a beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E=MC2 Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 Forty years ago today I camped in the mud for the weekend in Bethel, New York. Anyone else there then? Mexican Trailrunner Forty years ago I lived in Big Sur, Calif. didn't make it to Woodstock, but made a lot of "Love In's" in San Francisco. In 1967 was at the Monterey Pop festival. Lived across the canyon form Joan Baez, and Eathan Crosby (David's brother). David used to come up from LA and hang out with the neighbors in the canyon. Still think that Big Sur, Maui, and the Highlands of Chiapas are bits of Paradise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrunner Posted August 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Agree, E=MC2, regarding paradise! Also went to the be-ins and love-ins. Those were the days. Um, gravy, I know the answer to your question, but I cheated, don't remember that cartoon. Mexican Trailrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E=MC2 Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Didn't see Wavy Gravy at Woodstock but ran into him at Columbia University during the riots.......walked up , introduced myself, and called him a fraud....that I was given the name at birth and had to fight all my life ( the boy named Sue)whereas he had just given himself the name..he then laughed and we chatted for a moment...but there WAS a riot going on.....years later , I saw him at a "function" and he was still true to his flower child credo running food kitchens "Wavy Gravy" came from a newspaper cartoon strip...."scram , gravy ain't wavy" and "Notary sejac"....first one to name it , I'll buy a beer Here goes for the BEER! "Notary sejac" from the cartoon: "Smokey Stover" by Bill Holman. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Liana Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Forty years ago today I camped in the mud for the weekend in Bethel, New York. Anyone else there then? Mexican Trailrunner Well...I wasn't in Bethel for the festival, but I did live in Woodstock--for four years, 1972-76. Does that count? And by the way, it's Saugerties, New York. Saugerties is between Kingston and Woodstock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hound Dog Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 Who´s responsible for unlocking this thread? 40 lashes with a cat o´ nine tales! "If you remember the 60s you weren´t there" David Crosby "If you live in Ajijic and remember the 21st Century to date, don´t worry, you are barely here." Dawg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted August 19, 2009 Report Share Posted August 19, 2009 I was around for the sexual revolution (love ins) but I was on the losing side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravy Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 just found out the tread was moved , not deleted.......cool...E=MC2 wins the beer ...any time in Axixic ...ya look like the father on "California Choppers"...any relationship ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E=MC2 Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 just found out the tread was moved , not deleted.......cool...E=MC2 wins the beer ...any time in Axixic ...ya look like the father on "California Choppers"...any relationship ? Gravy, Take you up on that Beer! No relation, except we ride the same make bike, BTW are you thinking "Orange County Choppers"? If so I think I have a few years on him. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravy Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Gravy, Take you up on that Beer! No relation, except we ride the same make bike, BTW are you thinking "Orange County Choppers"? If so I think I have a few years on him. lol Orange county , dat's the one ......you're better looking...I rode what Don Pedro rides....Beezers..........and Trumpets . AJS ( all junk and scrap), Matchless, a Duck and ,OK,a couple of Hogs.....send me a message w/ your e-mail address and we can set up a ( well can't stop at one) beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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