Where the Gathering will be in 2004

This year the North American Rainbow Gathering (hence referred to as the Gathering) will be California from July 1 - July 7, near the town of Madeline.

Directions

From Likely:

From Madeline:

The weather at Bear Camp Flat during Spring Council was rain mixed with snow. Please, anyone considering coming home at this time, be prepared, good shelter, warm clothes and adequate foot wear. Here's a link to a weather station in that rough aread.(Till I find a closer location)

A link to the site via MapQuest (zoom in to see local roads) is here. A brother in Redding has made some better maps showing the roads by the gathering. You can grab those from Richard's Page. My local copies (these are big files) are here and here

A link to the topographical map for the site is here

An air photo is here

Here's a few photos of the site:

Spring Council is asking all kitchens to bring at least 200' feet of black 3/4 inch hose line. Hawker is recommending 500' of 3/4 black pipe, one 3/4 to 3/4 splice, 1 3/4 barb to 1/2 inch female NPT fitting and one 1/2 female faucet and hose clamps.Also helpful to tap the spring is a 2 1/2 g bucket with a 1g coffee can inside and a bunch of cheese-cloth and/or plastic screening. Also needed are plenty of 55g and larger food grade water containers with spigots on the bottom. Pictures of the kind of line needed can be found at Black Pipe Example Additional information on the water system used to purify water for this year is here. Clean water helps keep us all healthy! A PayPal account has been opened by Hawker to help cover the cost of the filters, and other expensive parts that need replacement every year.

Stone from CALM has also setup a paypal account for CALM supplies. Go here for that page.

It has also been suggested that with fire conditions the way they are, cooking on propane where possible is probably a good idea.

There's a small regional bus service called "Sage Stage" that runs from Reno airport up through Madeline and Likely for $22. Currently only runs on Mon. and Thursday. Leaves 1:30pm at the Reno Greyhound, and 1pm from the Reno Airport. Arrives in the Madeline area 4:30, Likely at 4:45pm. They say they may add more trips if there's demand. You can call them at 530-233-3883.

Ignore all rumors of cancellation or organization! Live Lightly with the Land and People!

Happenings at the Gathering

There are many wonderful things that happen at a gathering, but I'll list a few highlights. Remember the concept of "Rainbow Time", and that any semi-scheduled event will start when it starts, and not necessarily by the clock.

July 4th, Circle for Peace: Join us for a silent circling of people to pray for world peace. The circle for peace starts at sunrise at main circle, and ends around Rainbow noon after a period of OHMing, and the Kiddie Village Parade!

For more information about Rainbow Gatherings, here are some more documents.

Rainbow Legal Background: This page has info on the legal issues surrounding the Rainbow Gathering, and the past court cases.
Open Letter to Folks living in Utah and Surrounding Areas: This is an open letter somebody wrote recently on AGR, that I thought I'd reproduce here.
Benefits of Hosting a Rainbow Gathering: This is an interesting document about the Environmental, Spiritual, Health, and Law Enforcement Benefits of a Gathering.
Rap on Rainbow Disorganization: I grabbed this off AGR the other day, and thought it was a good rough description about the "Organization" of a Rainbow Gathering.
Reality Check: I grabbed this off AGR the other day, and thought it was a good introduction for Locals as to what to expect from having a Rainbow Gathering nearby.
Letter to District Rangers: This is a letter written to the District Rangers in the Great Lakes area where the gathering will was held last year.
Rainbow Terminology: This is an interesting paper on various other definitions of Rainbow Family, and how that all applies to our own definitions of Rainbow Family.
Bus Travel Info: This is a page with info on pricing for bus tickets.
Train Travel Info: Can't forget Amtrack, on occasion, trains are cheaper than busses.
Tips for a safe journey home & a Positive Gathering: This is a good list of tips I grabbed off AGR, that is worth reading.
Rap 420: This is a nice rap I pulled off AGR the other day on how to stay out of jail when driving through a roadblock. (roadblocks and police harassement are highly likely this year)
Topozone: This is a great web site for checking out sites. It contains topographical maps down to a 7.5 quad. Real fun if you like maps.
National InterAgency Fire Center: This is a good site for checking on fire conditions throughout the country.
Northern Rockies Fire Coordination Center (NRCC): Another good site for checking on fire conditions in the Northern Rockies.

Other Sources of Information

Now that it's Spring Time, the Forest Service is cranking up their disinformation propoganda machine. While the USFS tries heavily to freak out the locals about the coming Gathering, usually the result is no where as bad as they try to lead folks to believe. Here's a few general media articles looking back on things from the perspective of a year later.

Modoc County Record: The Modoc Count Record so far is covering the Gathering in every issue. (weekly). This is a recap of the 1984 Rainbow Gathering held near Likely. This next article talks about the Incident Command Team and how they are unnecessary.
Rainbows earn praise for cleanup: This was published in the Salt Lake Tribune a month after the gathering, and talks about the quality of the cleanup.
Recap From PA: This is a nice article, where the PA Chief of Police was interviewed about the previous year's gathering. Not suprisingly, he says the harsh propoganda put out by the Forest Service turned out to be completely inaccurate, and that while there few problems, it just wasn't that bad at all. Plus the local business made over $1,000,000.
Without a Trace: A recent article from the Missoula Independent, talking about how the reality of the Montana gathering, was way less than the locals had been led to believe.
Oregon Cleanup: This is an article from the Oregonian, about how well that site has recovered.
Montanna Cleanup: This is an article from the Montana Standard about how well the site has recovered.
Idaho Cleanup: This is an article from the Idaho Stateman, about how well that site was cleaned up.
Treading Softly On the Earth:The Rainbow Tribe's Impact on Forest Lands.: This article is an indepth look at the cleanup side of the Rainbow Gatherings done by a Taos, NM college student. It goes into detail covering the process of cleanup, and the comments of the various Forest Service's District Rangers years later.
Q&A with Malcom Jowers: Crystalhawk has put up a page with some questions posted by Rainbow to Malcom Jowers, head of the Incident Creation Team of the Forest Service.

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Last updated June 22, 2004