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I mean, like a ham on rye....

I prefer to think of myself as Snidely Whiplash, from the Dudley Doright cartoon. Tying damsels to train tracks is SO much fun. Especially the ex- .... KIDDING! (A little.)

1st Show, I've spent 35 years trying to cover about 3000 sq miles of Dinosaur backcountry, scribbling away now. We've taken up pack-rafting -- the one-man inflatable rafts from Alpacka -- for the Yampa, Little Snake, Green etc. Up to Class III.

I think the $40, 4-disc format might slow sales. Who cares? A lot of people are missing out. Wait, I care, cuz the success of the Vault program keeps it going. If I gotta buy one at retail, so be it.

Spent a lot of time there too. Vernal has become a fossil fuel nightmare though now. Wells everywhere. I liked it better when the tar sand experiment went bust, say early 80's. The laundromat has special machines for oily Gilsonite rags. We said wtf is Gilsonite? Wife did her masters thesis on the rock art of Nine Mile Canyon. Love the McKee Spring area next to Dinosaur Nat'l. Mon. and of course the Ashley- Dry Forks petroglyphs too. Let's roll! And Steamboat! Ski The Glade. Sweet in fresh powder which they have plenty of. Many a day there when I was in Ft. Fun but a long drive.
Cheers
Now back to our regularly scheduled program: Why is 45 not sold out? Have they not listened to the listening party? Just exactly hot! It has been slow here in these parts since about the holidays.

Starring our very own HF as Yukon Cornelius!
Mush, muuuussshhhh, Wa-Hooooooo!

Brilliant suggestion. Typically, anniversaries don't move me -- unless they're personally conveeenient! Like an expanded Bear's Choice, or a monster '73 box. Even better: both + WotF expanded.

A man can dream. As I do, regularly.

1st Show: I spent several years in a cabin the Spanish Peaks on the New Mexico border. (I'm sure you can figure out what I was doing there...) After a bust, moved to Steamboat for years, drove dog sleds for cash and adventure. To Chi-town for school. Back to Pueblo, CO, for a book on Spanish colonial exploration, then up the Front Range to a dead end road in Littleton. Spend most of my free time in the Dinosaur Country in NE Utah, NW Colo, SW WY. Love my home and web of life here but unsure of next step. (Probably another GD show!!)

Nothing in my inbox yet. Good to hear you got one. I am guessing this weekend isn't happening. Not sure what the release date even means at this point.

Maybe they will release 2/13 & 14/70 as complete shows for Bear's Choice 50th anniversary, remastered and in the order the show was played, that would be a knockoout!

Thanks. That's a sweet set list (2).

HF-that's it in a nutshell. I think we all need reminders, ongoing psychedelic use or not. I know I do.

...now HF. Since '79 actually with a stint in PHX '90-95. Montrose after that.
Can't do Denver anymore. Lots of history like jumping cars off the whoops on County Line Rd. at 70 mph. Gunnison was my refuge. Ft. Collins twice too. Great town. Jose's Mexican restaurant downtown Littleton. Tortilla Flats on Sante Fe was better. Arapahoe H.S. tribe of '75. Maybe I'll come back for 50th, LOL. But I digress.
It would be a hoot! If I am coming your way I'll let you know, likewise if you are on the Hwy 50/550 tour let me know.
Cheers

It's like the Golden Rule -- so simple, yet so difficult. Taking the fabric of love and oneness from the psychedelic experience and hanging onto it for application in real life is, I think, the big challenge. I was a cocky kid and 50 years of tripping combined with life's knee to the groin has humbled me considerably. I can still be a pompous ass for laughs with friends, but the preciousness of life, empathy for others' struggles, and lending a helping hand ala Daverock is what it's all about. Some people know that without psychedelics, so I just need consistent reminders.

1stShow, are you still in Littleton or I thought maybe Montrose? Let me know. We'd have a hoot together.