It's been a while since I shared my days with you, I can see. I'm here now because I must capture and share another High Sierra Music Festival with you, and for posterity's enjoyment. We had another wonderful wonderful experience in our own environs, with people we know, and with so many lovely kindred souls. It's like a Family Gather, I do declare, so, here you go. (fewer photos than from years past..... but don't I always say that?) It was our first year of having a car pass into the Fest, and that worked out nicely for us.
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| A bus I saw in Oroville on the Monday before the holiday |
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| Truckloads of Porta-pots coming up the highway, but they weren't for HSMF. We had green ones at Fest. |
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| Copying sister Lucy's motif, I offer potato flowers from my potato plant. |
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| The crane on Rock Creek Dam |
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| Jeffery prepared me a birthday lunch on his first day back from Scotland. |
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| 7 a.m., pulling into the lot where we'll get our wristbands and line up to be let into the festival grounds. |
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| This is about 1/2 of the length of the line of cars, which were 5 or 6 lines wide as well. We were in a newbie-line. |
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| more of the line |
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| The wristband people. Jeffery talks to Kristi about the logistics of the lining-up. |
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| We are parked and set-up by 9:30, which is before we used to be allowed to walk in with our stuff. |
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| Our decorations and camp |
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| Jeffery making the bed. We use a blow-up mattress, a double sleeping bag and a set of sheets, which takes some set-up. |
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| Nadine and Chance arrive and look for a campsite for their group. They found it one tent down and right next to us. |
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| Thursday morning yoga meadow is ready to be covered with people |
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| This set of skin-tights, and others like it, were seen all over the Festival for the entire event, carried by a variety of guys. |
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| Handsome guy and the girl with her bare bum showing. |
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| Suitcase Junket - a one man band we enjoyed. |
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| Vaudeville Tent's 2019 decor |
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| The green tent is Nadines, and you can see the convenient port-pots in the distance. |
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| We loved this cheery 4th of July celebrant - his name was Wagon, because there are too many Johns (he said) |
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| This young lassie really worked that pennant in the sunshine |
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| Yes she did, and it actually worked on the Red-White-&-Blue day |
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| The parade heads to the barn |
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| Fun pose |
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| This guy really rocked, and he was not shy |
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| The far side of our tent. |
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| The yoga meadow was full every morning. This is just some of the participants. |
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| Reach for the sky. Ah! Doesn't that feel great? |
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| One more down, and stretch those muscles out! |
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| The Music Hall decor |
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| Sound man and mandala |
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| Moment while setting up for the performance |
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| The back door decor |
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| This pork dumpling, with sweet chili ginger garlic sauce, had a heart on it. |
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| The lady on the back holding the flag called out "Did you get the picture?" |
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| This is a mist-structure, with the lumber mill in the background. |
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| The self-labeled Music Hall. |
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| This bike-taxi had a music system and lit up in a light show at night. |
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| On Sunday morning, this came through the camping area at about 4 a.m. blaring it's disco music and shouting with laughter |
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| He doesn't know I'm taking his photo. |
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| Friday night parade is white-themed |
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| The lady in the top hat was a great major-domo of the parade. |
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| Someone had to carry her train. |
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| Kid in a hammock, watching the parade dancing to the drums |
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| Our ice-cream vending kid has a deeper voice this year and is still a kick as a seller/barker |
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| Hacky-sack crew |
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| Grandstand Stage before the big show on Friday |
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| The Dispatch performance. I loved them |
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| Dispatch close-up |
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| It's a light-vehicle traffic jam! |
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| Jeffery ready to take a run. He's training for his Running with the Bears event. |
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| The view from the Q above Quincy |
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| The view of American Valley with Camp Panorama just behind the trees |
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| The highway was lined with parked cars all the way up to the top of Cemetery Hill. |
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| I honor the Clean Vibes crew and the volunteers who gather each night and morning to pick up every scrap |
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| A humorous young couple put the sign they found next to Nadine's tent. |
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| One of this year's Water Hippies |
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| Water Hippie plying his trade |
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| Water Hippie knocking down the dust |
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| Music Hall decor with black lighting. |
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| There's a wee child inside that suit. It was hilarious to watch the kids try it on and hug eachother. |
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| HSMF Family member |
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| and another |
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| Saturday's Parade found us eating dinner. Jeffery danced so friskily, he slopped our dinner onto his shirt. |
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| The color scheme was yellow-black-and-white |
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| lots of kids in this parade |
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| Love the positioning of the hands. |
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| The moon and I swapped a bow to eachother. |
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| What a smile from the blue faced puppeteer. |
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| Sunday morning kickball game. Jeffery played on Friday morning for a little while. I was asleep, sadly. |
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| More HSMF Family members. |
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| Morning at the Big Meadow stage. |
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| My Sunday-goin'-to-the-Gospel-Sessions outfit. Sister Lucy gave me the socks. |
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| That's a set of dreadlocks, eh? She told Jeffery she has to keep cutting them off, cuz her hair grows fast. |
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| Happy feet. |
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| Bad photo of one precious moment at the Gospel Sessions. |
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| We've departed the Festival, and are sharing birthday joy with Sara before we head home to recuperate and face reality. |
Too much fun to express, but there you have it!
