Tulip, Tulipa fosteriana - (AFGH - national flower of Afghanistan): Rainbow Gathering 2003 and law enforcement

Rainbow Gathering 2003 and law enforcement

Henry Cutter, writer -

Sounds good but unfortunate not to be able to get to the full event. Some people are in the forest but access is blocked?

Scott MacLeod -

When I drove to the Bog Dam road from York Pond road into the White Mountain national forest on Saturday afternoon July 1, there were nearly 10 law enforcement vehicles parked there, and no colorful Rainbow people whatsoever, unlike in 2008, 2009 and 2011, so I turned around to think about this unusual development with the Rainbow Gathering, in national parks (since 1972). Some online news' articles about this could be lampoons even ... so I wonder how many of the possibly ~8000 Rainbow people who attend such gatherings on average possibly, are at this New England Gathering. Will blog about it today, Henry ... HI from near Stewartstown, NH, Beecher Falls, VT and the Canadian border :) (http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/Rainbow%20Gathering?m=0:)

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A #PhysicalDigital #ActualVirtual #VirtualRainbowGathering like #VirtualHarbinHotSprings #RealisticVirtualHarbin from #HomeBathtub #wuAsNOW @HarbinBook re each year since '72 w #GoogleGlass #WUaSDroneCameras think #GoogleStreetView w #TimeSlider w #TensorFlowAI #Pegman & #EWVWG ~

A #PhysicalDigital #ActualVirtual #VirtualRainbowGathering like #VirtualHarbinHotSprings #RealisticVirtualHarbin from #HomeBathtub #wuAsNOW @HarbinBook re each year since '72 w #GoogleGlass #WUaSDroneCameras think #GoogleStreetView w #TimeSlider w #TensorFlowAI #Pegman& #EWVWG ~ https://t.co/YkQNwNe3bq
— Scott_GK_MacLeod_WUaS_worlduniversityandschool.org (@scottmacleod) July 3, 2023

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1675656167861760001

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1675538564497416192

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1675657171583877120

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1675657081737584642

https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1675656951684907009

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1675656853823299584?t=ouEgchm3GmWIeslHe0-J3g&s=19

Also retweeting

Welcome Rainbow Family

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A #VirtualRainbowGathering like #VirtualHarbinHotSprings #RealisticVirtualHarbin from #HomeBathtub @HarbinBook & NOW & re each year since '72 w a #RealisticVirtualEarthForHistory (think #GoogleStreetView w #TimeSlider w #TensorFlowAI #Pegman w #SecondLife idea) w #VRHeadsets ~

A #VirtualRainbowGathering like #VirtualHarbinHotSprings #RealisticVirtualHarbin from #HomeBathtub @HarbinBook& NOW & re each year since '72 w a #RealisticVirtualEarthForHistory (think #GoogleStreetView w #TimeSlider w #TensorFlowAI #Pegman w #SecondLife idea) w #VRHeadsets ~ https://t.co/Gj3zCnxgFj
— HarbinBook (@HarbinBook) July 2, 2023

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1675530035011244032?t=l4dJiao0U-klJLRvDwJoJg&s=19

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1675530866276139011?t=rnwJq5WaSrimBW0foUeMzg&s=19

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1675530765839237122?t=B6qY4qoYvDZpLjmHymDa2g&s=19

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1675530651871719425?t=-d-mq8TxUOfcWN3oIL2bFQ&s=19

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1675530468802871296?t=qrtr14Fq7_pZ54x61rCmwA&s=19

https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1675530374699532288?t=jHbqZz6hoJrtgVVXFyvqkA&s=19

A #VirtualRainbowGathering like #VirtualHarbinHotSprings #RealisticVirtualHarbin from #HomeBbathtub @HarbinBook & NOW & re each year since '72 w a #RealisticVirtualEarthForHistory (think #GoogleStreetView w #TimeSlider w #TensorFlowAI #Pegman w #SecondLife idea) w #VRHeadsets ~

A #VirtualRainbowGathering like #VirtualHarbinHotSprings #RealisticVirtualHarbin from #HomeBbathtub @HarbinBook& NOW & re each year since '72 w a #RealisticVirtualEarthForHistory (think #GoogleStreetView w #TimeSlider w #TensorFlowAI #Pegman w #SecondLife idea) w #VRHeadsets ~ https://t.co/Gj3zCnxgFj
— HarbinBook (@HarbinBook) July 2, 2023

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1675528178796732419

https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1675528038786662401

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1675527938609913859?t=C1Li9oG9DwY_oZfS1hCMwA&s=19

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1675528461580922882?t=X33-DSji7cJSFUyIPuhUpg&s=19

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1675528276339466241

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1675527507796262912?t=SfS6Q_gnF2RCRDbdc2oLng&s=19

Retweeting ~

'Rainbow Gathering' 50th Anniversary expected to draw 30k participants, sparking wildfire concerns.

#colorado #RainbowGathering

https://nocostories.blogspot.com/2022/04/rainbow-gathering-to-draw-30k-sparking.html?m=1

'Rainbow Gathering' 50th Anniversary expected to draw 30k participants, sparking wildfire concerns.#colorado #RainbowGathering https://t.co/VEHAjoykpI pic.twitter.com/JXCXvQ11K0
— NocoStuff (@nocostoriesblog) April 3, 2022

https://twitter.com/nocostoriesblog/status/1510613308063330307

Thanks, Stuart,

... Heading into the Rainbow Gathering near Bog Dam Road 15 from the Androscoggins' Ranger District where I am with wifi presently ... I have some interest in spending all 7 days at the Gathering but am planning to meet you on Monday morning at Weeks' state park potentially ... Is that happening ? Perhaps we can talk then about the Concord happening. Not sure about wifi access ahead ...

Kind regards, Scott

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2023/07/mimosa-acacia-dealbata-ah-national.html?m=0

Hi Stuart,

Thanks ... Will see what emerges with the Rainbow gathering ... If something develops in this Rainbow celebration week, I may remain in the forest Monday morning and try to let you know beforehand. The whole reason I've come to New England is for the Rainbow Gathering ... and regarding MIT OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch connecting too.

Come into the Gathering on Monday?

Friendly regards, abolitionally, best wishes, Scott

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2023/07/mimosa-acacia-dealbata-ah-national.html?m=0

Thanks, Stuart,

With a large law enforcement presence on the way into the Rainbow Gathering, I think I'll plan to meet you on Monday at 10am.

Namaste,

Scott

Just inquired with a fellow ethnographer / anthropologist, Michael I Niman, and one who wrote an ethnography of the Rainbow Gathering published in 2011, if there might be other ways in to the Rainbow Gathering in the White Mountains' National Forest ... but one of Forest Service web sites, as good as Rainbows can be in the woods, said the incident may peak on the 4th of July (and could this mean the Forest Service is planning something?) ...

Hi Michael,

Nice to e-meet you here. And greetings from near Gorham NH and the site I've heard about for the Rainbow Gathering 2003.

Thanks for writing "People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia" (2nd edition 2011 - Univ. of Tennessee Press), which I've looked through, and blogged about too (https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2009/04/blue-bell-tunicate-modes-of-thinking.html and https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2010/10/sri-lanka-rock-actual-virtual-harbin.html and https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2015/07/magnolia-henryi-harbin-hot-springs.html and https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2015/07/syzygium-harbin-hot-springs-book.html). I've written an ethnography of Actual-Virtual Harbin Hot Springs in northern California, "Naked Harbin Ethnography," which like the Rainbow Gathering got its current start in 1972, a time I'm interested in scholarly too, and refer to your book in it.

There's quite a law enforcement presence near the first entrance onto Bog Dam Road from York Pond Road, and near the corner of Rte 110 / Milan Road and York Pond Road, such that I turned back just before it, having intended to head to the Rainbow Gathering this year, coming 12 hours from Pittsburgh, PA. This Forest Service / Rainbow Gathering drama or impasse probably happens every year. Any other ways into the Rainbow Gathering from other directions? Any Rainbow Gathering communication emailings I might somehow join please, that you know of?

I'd like to further write ethnographically about the Rainbow Gathering in 2023, where I've also written about the 2008, 2009, and 2011 Rainbow Gatherings that I've been to.

This Forest Service / #RainbowGathering impasse probably happens every year: there's quite a law enforcement presence near the way in re Bog Dam & Kilkenny Loop Rds #MilanNH entrance. Any other ways into #RainbowGathering2003 #WhiteMountainNationalForest from other directions?

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1675293533098373120

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1675294035617935360

Thanks. Unlike the 3 Rainbow Gatherings that I've been to, there are no Rainbow people whatsoever that I've seen anywhere in the area interestingly.

I'd be most grateful if you could let me know where Rainbows might be gathering in the area of the White Mountain National Park or New Hampshire or similar ... as an alternative to the site here -

Rainbow regards, Scott

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/Rainbow%20Gathering

some further Tweets and (ethnographic even) resources -

The #RainbowGathering2023 ? ~ The Rainbow Family of Living Light selected a national forest in New Hampshire

The #RainbowGathering2023 ? ~ The Rainbow Family of Living Light selected the #WhiteMountainNationalForest in the Kilkenny area of #CoosCountyNH (Androscoggin Ranger District near #GorhamNH) for its 51st gathering http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/Rainbow%20Gathering https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Counterculture @WorldUnivAndSch ~

The #RainbowGathering2023 ? ~ The Rainbow Family of Living Light selected the #WhiteMountainNationalForest in the Kilkenny area of #CoosCountyNH (Androscoggin Ranger District near #GorhamNH) for its 51st gathering https://t.co/GFJRg6yGXz https://t.co/7c6KR8taQY @WorldUnivAndSch ~ https://t.co/aVeEMeVgf3
— Scott_GK_MacLeod_WUaS_worlduniversityandschool.org (@scottmacleod) June 23, 2023

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1672323928830668800?s=20

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1672324637005344769

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1672325080456495106?s=20

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1672324921710501888?s=20

https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1672325486742065154

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1672325663905153026

Retweeting -

Mount Washington Observatory (MWO)

@MWObs

Cold temperatures made the window to view sunset short, but it was worth it. #mountwashingtonobservatory #mwobs #nhstatepark #sunset #whitemountains #whitemountainnationalforest

https://twitter.com/MWObs/status/1371603459749842953?s=20

Thanks to #NationalForestService for broadcasting place of #RainbowGathering2023 ~"The Rainbow Family of Living Light selected the #WhiteMountainNationalForest in the Kilkenny area of #CoosCountyNH (#AndroscogginRD near #GorhamNH) for its 51st gathering" https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/whitemountain/landmanagement/?cid=FSEPRD1114016#:~:text=The%20Rainbow%20Family%20of%20Living,manages%20that%20portion%20of%20forest ~

Thanks to #NationalForestService for broadcasting place of #RainbowGathering2023 ~"The Rainbow Family of Living Light selected the #WhiteMountainNationalForest in the Kilkenny area of #CoosCountyNH (#AndroscogginRD near #GorhamNH) for its 51st gathering"https://t.co/yJDPTA3vKf ~ https://t.co/UY7PFSHatK
— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) June 24, 2023

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1672603079462584321

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1672602246792507394

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1672603327404679174

https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1672603552148074498

https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1672604315326861313?s=20

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1672604548114907138

Retweeting -

Welcome Rainbow Family

https://twitter.com/nocostoriesblog/status/1510613308063330307?s=20

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-06-16/bringing-peace-love-and-counterculture-vibes-5-000-rainbow-family-members-are-headed-to-nh-this-summer

https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news/local/fewer-than-expected-showing-up-for-rainbow-family-gathering/article_f7ba3714-060c-11ee-8e25-4b00c513057a.html

https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/whitemountain/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD1114608#:~:text=(Gorham%2C%20NH)%20June%2014,manages%20that%20portion%20of%20forest.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/whitemountain/landmanagement/?cid=FSEPRD1114016

Some blog posts -

2008 - Rainbow Gathering, Wyoming, Bridger-Teton National Forest

http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2008/12/solar-power-and-granola-funk-theatre-at.html?m=0

2009 - Rainbow Gathering, New Mexico, Santa Fe National Forest

2011 - Rainbow Gathering, Washington state, Gifford Pinchot National Forest

2023 - Rainbow Gathering, New Hampshire, White Mountain National Forest

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2023/06/mimosa-national-flower-of-abkhazia.html

Some blog posts -

2008 - Rainbow Gathering, Wyoming, Bridger-Teton National Forest

Solar Power, and the Granola Funk Theatre at the Rainbow Gathering, Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming (2008)

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2008/12/solar-power-and-granola-funk-theatre-at.html

Meadows of the Rainbow Gathering

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2008/07/meadows-of-rainbow-gathering.html

2009 - Rainbow Gathering, New Mexico, Santa Fe National Forest

Canyon Lands: No Internet Access at the Rainbow Gathering, Beautiful National Parks, Welcome Home

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2009/07/canyon-lands-no-internet-access-at.html

Coralroot: Rainbow Gathering's Beginnings, Communitas

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2009/06/coralroot-rainbow-gatherings-beginnings.html

2011 - Rainbow Gathering, Washington state, Gifford Pinchot National Forest

2023 - Rainbow Gathering, New Hampshire, White Mountain National Forest

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2023/06/mimosa-national-flower-of-abkhazia.html

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