Got up & had a good breakfast before leaving to meet Ivars & John @ ACEnet. We were to meet @ 9:30, of course we were already on rainbow time. Ivars & Lisa were already there, but John was about an hour late ~ but hey it is rainbow time. Good conversation & an uneventful trip down to SW Virginia. We find the gathering quite easy & meet up with the front gate man, who gives us the heads up as to where things where. The day & night before there had been quite a rain, this had driven quite a few folks away from the gathering. We made our way up into the gathering along a rather muddy trail, stopping at the hooka camp for a quick toke, little did we know this was the trail where we would take to camp. We went past main meadow to the kitchen where we meet up with Cheri & Brad. Cheri took us back up to the Hooka Camp trail, where we set up our camps ~ after going back to the kitchen to get our gear that we had left there. As i was finishing up setting up my tent the conch blew for circle in the main meadow. Dinner was rice, veggies, & temple. After dinner I went back to get my drum & headlamp (which I had left at home), but I did have a backup flashlight. The drumming was good, Cheri let me have Brad's bucket to sit on at first then when he wanted it she gave me a chair. Had a good position, & the drumming was good. It was mainly a heavy handed drumming, but was quite good. Ivars was there & seemed to be drumming with quite intense energy. The drumming went on till 1:30am. I went back to my camp pretty easily knowing the trail by now. Sleep came pretty easy.
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