WELL, STILL WORKING AWAY, GLAD YOU ALL HAD A TERRIFIC TIME IN THE WOODS, I HEARD STORIES OF ALOT OF LEO'S, FROM ANOTHER BROTHER, RECENTLY. WELL, INTERESTED IN AT LEAST GETTING TO THE PA. GATHERING, AND TRYING TO TELL SOME FRIENDS SOME INFO. PLEASE LET ME KNOW. CAME FROM ARTSCAPE IN BALTIMORE, OVER WEEKEND, LOTS OF FRIEND, FREE MUSIC ART, THEATRE, AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON. GREEN FESTIVAL COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER. A YUPPIE, ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS, BUT INTERESTING SPEAKERS. OH WELL! STAY WELL, STAY IN TUNED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ENVIRONMENT, THINK OF THE MOTHER. LINDA. LOVE YAS ALL. CALL IF YOU CAN SUPPORT RIDE TO GO TO REIGONAL IN PA. 443-708-1966
ALL PEACEFUL BEINGS are welcome to the Gathering of the Northern Tribes August 10th - 19th Allegheny National Forest North West Pennsylvania Come prepared to camp and be self sufficient. Bring your own bowls, cups, utensils, personal water containers, water jugs. Bring drinking water and/or personal filtering gear if you can. Tents or shelter, camping equipment, sleeping bags, blankets, mats, flashlights and extra batteries, camp shovel, camp tools, rope. Snacks for your tent & friends. Bring green energy for the magic hat and some bulk food for the kitchens. Stuff to share. Prepare for warm days and cool nights. Bring rain gear, layered clothing, hiking footwear, sunglasses, sunscreen & a hat. Bring toiletry supplies including extra toilet paper, menstrual necessities, biodegradable soaps & shampoos, first aid supplies. Bring acoustic instruments, drums. Please bring bags to take out your trash & recyclables. Please remove any trash or recyclables from the gathering site any chance you may get. Cleanup starts when you get there! Please do not bring any firewood into the Allegheny National Forest. Firewood brought onto the Allegheny National Forest (ANF) can only come from Warren, Forest, Elk and McKean counties. ALL OTHER FIREWOOD (FROM ALL OTHER PA COUNTIES OR FROM OUT OF STATE) WILL BE CONFISCATED BY FOREST SERVICE PERSONNEL, CHECKED FOR THE EMERALD ASH BORER, and THEN BURNED. ¢¾¢¾¢¾¢¾ Rap 107 - Gathering Consciousness Please protect this Beautiful Land. ¢¾ Walk softly. Harm no living thing. Harmonize - Blend in. Use only down, dead wood. Cut no living trees. Preserve the Meadows¡¦camp in the Woods. We are caretakers of this land. Everyone sharing makes a strong Human Tribe! ¢¾Please Protect the Water Sources by staying out of DELICATE spring areas. Avoid camping, peeing, shitting, washing above spring areas. Keep ALL soap out of streams, springs, creeks or the river! Use a bucket to take your bath at least 200 feet away from the water source. To be certain drinking water is safe: boil it! ¢¾Use the slit trenches or covered latrines - cover your paper & waste with ashes or lime, wash hands after. Break the fly/illness connection: shit-fly-food-you! Dig no shitters near water areas or kitchens. Protect our Health! ¢¾Use your own cup, bowl & spoon! Wash them after eating and rinse in bleach-water. Visit C.A.L.M. if you feel ill - especially if you have a contagious disease - or are injured. ¢¾Camp Together - Establish neighborhoods. Community Fires only! ~ Each with 5 gallon bucket with water and shovel for Fire Protection. If you are the last to leave a fire PUT IT OUT! Please, NO Fireworks! Watch your gear: Be Responsible ~ "Tempt Not Lest Ye Be Lifted From." ¢¾Pets are discouraged but if you must bring them keep them fed, on a leash and out of the kitchens, springs, fights & packing up. Clean up their poop. Love them. PACK IT IN - PACK IT OUT !!! ¢¾Cleanup begins when you arrive. Bring in only what is necessary. There is no janitor here¡¦you are the cleanup crew. Separate garbage for recycling. Please don't litter. Compost in pits only. ¢¾You are the Gathering! Participate in Shanti Sena (the peace keepers council), activities, councils, work crews, workshops. Volunteer wherever needed: kitchens, welcome home, fire watch, parking lot, water runs, wood cutting, shitter digging, supply, front gate, etc. R-E-S-P-E-C-T your Sisters & Brothers energies. Keep the Balance: Earth, Sky, Trees, Water & People! ¢¾Alcohol is Discouraged, Weapons are Inappropriate, Violence is contrary to the Spirit of the Gathering. Please take no photographs or videos of people without their permission. Discourage Drug Abuse. ¢¾Buying and selling endangers our legal right to be here. The Magic Hat is our Bank, donate early to fund our needs. The Magic Hat goes around at mealtime circles and with the Magic Hat band. Our power together is many times our power separated. ¢¾Enjoy the Rainbow with an open heart and you Will see the Vision. Rap 701 - Happy Trails ¢¾In preparation for leaving¡¦Pack up all your trash/recyclables and take it away. Take it far away. Do not impact the small towns near the gathering. ¢¾Dismantle and disappear your encampment. Pick up your litter. If you don't someone else will have to. Vanish ALL traces. ¢¾ Fill in your local latrine and compost holes solidly with lime and soil. Remove string and twine from tree limbs. Break up hardened ground with shovels or picks for future root growth and moisture catch. Intermix humus from forest ground if possible. ¢¾NATURALIZE! When an area is clear and clean scatter logs, branches, leaves to look natural. Disappear trails, renew forest habitat. Water systems are removed, cleaned and stored for next year. ¢¾Help with disabled vehicles, fully dismantle ramps and bridges. Water bar steep places to prevent erosion. The final crew re-seeds with appropriate vegetation to complete the process. ¢¾Transport as many riders as possible out of the area. Treat local folks with great kindness. ¢¾Drive safely and share this love wherever you go. ¢¾¢¾¢¾WE LOVE YOU!!! ¢¾¢¾¢¾ Notes on this site: ¢¾ Please avoid setting up kitchens, camps, or digging any holes (compost, grey water, latrines) in the low lying areas of the gathering. While these areas may appear dry, the water table can rapidly rise during rain. Stay high, stay dry. Directions: From the East, via Sheffield PA: Go to Sheffield PA, One tenth of a mile from the end of Route 666 (where it meets Route 6) there is a Uni-mart gas station.Turn onto this road and cross over the bridge. Continue onto High St (State Road, SR2002)and follow for 11.2 Miles. Make a left onto FS116. Make an immediate right onto FS119, follow for exactly 5.8 miles to FS552. Follow FS552 to designated parking areas. Welcome Home! From the West via Warren, PA: I86 East to US62 South, follow to Warren PA. Continue on Market St 0.3 miles, Turn right at Pennsylvania Ave (US6, Business Route, West), travel 0.2 miles Turn left at Hickory St Bridge, proceed 0.1 mile, slight left at Crescent Rd, 0.4 mi, Continue very briefly (150feet) on Mohawk ave, continue onto Pleasant Drive(SR3005). Follow signs toward "Hearts Content Recreation Area" Follow Pleasant Drive for 11.1 miles. Make a left on SR2002. Keep following signs for "Hearts Content". Drive 5.8 miles, passing "Hearts Content". Make a right onto FS 116, make an immediate right onto FS119, follow for exactly 5.8 miles to FS552. Follow FS552 to designated parking areas. Welcome Home! Please drive slowly on all roads, especially on SR2002 and ALL FOREST ROADS as road conditions are poor in some areas and can be unsafe even at moderate speed. WELCOME HOME! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WE LOVE YOU! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THANKS FOR THE INFO ON THIS REIGONAL, NOW I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE FAMILY IN NEW MEXICO, DID YOU READ THIS ABOUT THE FOREST SERVICE, WE NEED HELP, WHERE ARE THE LAWYERS. I DON'T NEED A TICKET FOR ANYTHING. SORRY FOREST SERVICE PEOPLE, LET'S GET A GRIP OUT THERE. I'LL CALL THE GOVERNOR AS WELL. WE'RE NOT A THREAT, OR WHAT DO THEY THINK THIS NEW COMMANDER???? LINDA SAFLEY FROM BALTIMORE, MD. lindasafley@hotmail.com
Hey, I found this in another rainbow discussion group. Some good points on how to make a rainbow kitchen very safe! Safety first!! Preventing Salmonella and other food-borne infection: Wash hands, kitchen work surfaces, and utensils with soap and water immediately after they have been in contact with foods of animal origin. Also, wash hands with soap after handling reptiles, amphibians or birds, or after contact with pet feces. Infants and immuno-compromised persons should have no direct or indirect contact with such pets. Preparing fruits and Vegetables Soil that contains dangerous microorganisms, and dust that can contain heavy metals and other pollutants can settle on the surface of plants and vegetables. The following guidelines help to reduce potential illness from exposure to microorganisms, chemical residue, and other contaminants. Vinegar for Vegetable Bath Wash all produce before eating. Soak whole vegetable (prior to cutting) in a 1% vinegar solution water bath. Let soak for 5-10 minutes. Scrub root vegetables with a clean brush to remove dirt prior to soaking. Peel the skin of root vegetables because the skin is more likely to harbor pesticide residue. http://www.care2.com/greenliving/164.html (Source) Melons: Harmful bacteria can be on skin, and when melon is cut the knife drags the contaminates with it. If unwashed fruit is stored bacteria will colonize in flesh of fruit. Wash and brush with mild detergent, rinse well, then cut into fruit. Dishwashing Three sinks or use "your foot set" up (except sanitizing rinse - items being washed need to soak for 60 seconds - the container used should be one large enough to immerse items in.) 1. Hot soapy that gets changed frequently. 2. Rinse before sanitizing, removes remaining film or soil so sanitizer can work effectively. 3. Sanitizing rinse soak. Cold water - chlorine solution (not less than 100 PPM) at a temperature not lower than 43 degrees C. FOR at least 60 seconds. 4. All items allowed to air dry. Cutting boards: They should be washed with hot, soapy water. After washing, they should be sanitized with a liquid chlorine bleach solution - 1 tablespoon unscented bleach per gallon of water. After bleach rinse, allow to stand for several minutes. Rinse with clear water, and allow to air dry. Laminated boards may crack, split, and warp and should not be used for cutting boards.
Am I the only dumb bunny who drank unfiltered spring water in AK? I thought I had learned my lesson long ago.
