I Spent a Week with the Rainbow Hippies (it was different..) | Rainbow Gathering 2024 Documentary

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  • The Rainbow Gathering 2024 was held in northern California. It was a very unusual gathering this year. But I had a great time camping at the rainbow hippie festival. I enjoyed my week camping in the woods with the rainbow family.
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  • @thelairofblair
    @thelairofblair Місяць тому +32

    I remember my first gathering. We were going through the entrance there was a huge sign that they painted saying Welcome home and when we actually passed the sign it felt like I really was coming home. Everyone was cheering and shouting welcome home.

  • @earthn1447
    @earthn1447 Місяць тому +41

    Truth is, there is a lot of money involved in these gatherings - it is a heck of lot easier to enjoy this type of escape if you have a nest egg or SSI or parents/family from whom you’ll inherit.
    It’s fun to think we are above it all but truth is truth.

    • @milascave2
      @milascave2 Місяць тому +7

      Lots of resourceful homeless folks, "train hoppers," show up. Once they do, there is free food, camping, and drugs.
      I was annoyed at having to spend so much of my time searching for food, but t hey are pretty much used to that.

    • @captainjimolchs
      @captainjimolchs 24 дні тому +2

      One does not have to go far to find a kitchen at Rainbow. There is sometimes a donation jar. Dinner is served in the centrally located Main Meadow, where the magic hat walks around. "Tea Time" which serves free teas day and night, has a 2 drink minimum.
      --"Hobo camp", by whatever name, is populated by some very interesting people. "Nick at Night" walks around with buckets, into which one can deposit or remove cigarettes. "Kiddy Camp" is family oriented. Often, they rig up swings and things. At noon on July 4th, they parade into Main Meadow. Silence is broken and dancing begins. Sometimes, hammocks are available for lounging at "Safe Swinging". "Fairy Camp" is what it sounds like. "Stitch 'n Bitch" has chapters throughout the country. For entertainment, there is "Granola Funk Theatre". In the Wasatch mountains, a USFS ranger on a horse once borrowed a guitar, started strumming. Whether they know it or not, the police are our brothers.

  • @rcrobertson9563
    @rcrobertson9563 Місяць тому +40

    I live rurally in the Ocala National Forest and several years ago the Rainbows started a forest fire and came very close to burning me out. I was a lucky one...several families were not so lucky

    • @jebstewart666
      @jebstewart666 Місяць тому +3

      can you supply some details? year? national gathering or local? approximate location of the gathering. googling it does not find the incident you mentioned. thanks in advance!

    • @rcrobertson9563
      @rcrobertson9563 Місяць тому +7

      @@jebstewart666 It happened several years ago, a few miles south of Salt Springs Florida off of 19. I believe most of the Rainbow People had left as it was the end of the gathering and a group stayed behind to burn the accumulated trash. Everyone disappeared when their fire was out of control. It was obvious how the fire started according to firefighters

    • @empresstaitu7345
      @empresstaitu7345 Місяць тому

      Not a good enough answer 😒​@@rcrobertson9563

    • @Scott-xn9gh
      @Scott-xn9gh Місяць тому +3

      i went through i forget what year lol i was young but Ocala but like they call it before the gathering and it wasn't peace love and happiness lol they were smoking spice,, potpourri and fucking each other up bad,,i left next morning and hitch hiked to Daytona,, friggin crazy,, silver lake i think

    • @purpleoracleroyallovefamil2988
      @purpleoracleroyallovefamil2988 Місяць тому

      There are fakes, phonies and imposters in the rainbow family and you have to weed them out. Not all hippies are bad but some of them definitely have a few screws loose. A lot if us don't even attend the gatherings anymore because they are not what they used to be. They started allowing anyone to attend and it became a mess. It was originally started by real hippies in the 60's, with good intentions and real healing vibes. Some of us new age cats follow suit, but beware, there are imposters for sure.

  • @lfulkerson2503
    @lfulkerson2503 Місяць тому +64

    This is why you started vlogging again. This is your contribution to the mental health of others. The world is better with you in it, Star. ⭐️ ❤

    • @websurfer5772
      @websurfer5772 Місяць тому +2

      I agree!

    • @celaowen4831
      @celaowen4831 Місяць тому +3

      One of the best representation of the gathering. I have seen many media about the gathering ever😢 from Houston times to this moment . She is one of the best best volger ever. Great rep of the event. BE THERE OR BE SQUARE.

  • @jimmycranier3668
    @jimmycranier3668 Місяць тому +98

    I hate to say but it took me 2 weeks to clean up a site where about 200 rainbows came through. They brought in but did not take out. Hundreds of trips back across a creek to my car , 10 miles down the road to dump 10 miles back..1 to 2 trips a day and finally i had it clean and back to normal.Castle lake 2011.

    • @larrym2434
      @larrym2434 Місяць тому +9

      National gatherings are more organized and on top of things.

    • @Centannicocktails
      @Centannicocktails Місяць тому +12

      EXACTLY!! They are pathetic.

    • @purpleoracleroyallovefamil2988
      @purpleoracleroyallovefamil2988 Місяць тому +10

      That is because us real spiritual beings are outnumbered and this is not just gatherings. My partner and I clean up our area whereever we go, whether it be the beach or the woods, negative people litter and us beings that care about the earth and her creatures clean up their mess. It's their karma ultimately. Continue the good work!

    • @Robin-rj8vg
      @Robin-rj8vg 28 днів тому +8

      Anywhere you go there will be some that leave their mess behind for others. It's not right, it's certainly not appreciated , but it happens. Maybe they should start policing their gatherings once it's over so that nobody leaves a mess for others. I took my son's camping and taught them Leesburg it looking better than when you found it. Respect nature and yourselves.

    • @katden220
      @katden220 27 днів тому +7

      For loving earth you would think they would clean up after themselves.

  • @locolupe2
    @locolupe2 Місяць тому +76

    Your mother looked so radiant in this vlog I love her beautiful silver hair. I can see where you get your natural glow from. ❤ thanks for sharing.

    • @KashiStar
      @KashiStar  Місяць тому +12

      I concur she has the most amazing hair!!! 😍😍

    • @kylesmith1408
      @kylesmith1408 Місяць тому +4

      @@KashiStar Thanks for the vid sister! Was in NM too! Was a beautiful gathering! Love to hear of fond memories of your experience as a child, and see you all grown up coming back! Come to Mainebow in August!

  • @AngelaFlynnGrnEv
    @AngelaFlynnGrnEv Місяць тому +17

    Good work. You captured the magic. While this gathering was different we all came together and made it work and that is what rainbow is all about.

  • @AleighaLRivera
    @AleighaLRivera Місяць тому +38

    I love being a hippie and seeing my fellow hippies being at peace❤❤ God blessssss🌈

  • @tofersiefken
    @tofersiefken Місяць тому +18

    Despite the unexpected changes in venue and smaller event size, the Rainbow Gathering is still something that I'd love to participate in. Beautiful people wanting a beautiful experience together in nature.

    • @juliegeneric042
      @juliegeneric042 Місяць тому +2

      Mostly. A lot of bad, too. -CALM volunteer

    • @keddy5627
      @keddy5627 28 днів тому

      Me too!!!!

    • @captainjimolchs
      @captainjimolchs 24 дні тому

      ​@@juliegeneric042 Not bad, just sick. CALM does not judge. I was there once. I neglected to carry a tick extractor. Surprisingly, they even pulled it out for me, then gave me the piece of plastic they used.

  • @johnsmithers5686
    @johnsmithers5686 Місяць тому +38

    I traveled across the country, even hitchhiked part of the way, to the 1997 Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes at Ochoco National Forest in Prineville, OR. I was 18 yrs old, and it was the furthest I had ever traveled away from my home in Indiana. It was probably one of the most unique, and most amazing moments in my life. Two weeks of drumming, dancing in the nude, using the shitters, chanting and praying for peace, among "other" mind expanding things. It's neat to see the movement is still going, and newer generations are joining the Rainbow Family.

    • @vanman3752
      @vanman3752 Місяць тому +1

      How did that praying for peace work out?

    • @auntymarushkafah
      @auntymarushkafah 15 днів тому +1

      I set off from Florida for the first gathering but didn't make it past Boulder. Then the cops shipped me home. I finally went to a gathering at about 40, in the White Mountains. It was weird and a lot dirtier than anything I've experienced before or after. There was a gay mud pit. I liked the Elvis Underground.

    • @johnsmithers5686
      @johnsmithers5686 15 днів тому +1

      @@auntymarushkafah a gay mud pit, lol, sounds interesting. I went to another Rainbow Gathering in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan a few years after Oregon, maybe 2000 or 2001, but it just didn’t compare to my Oregon experience in 97

    • @auntymarushkafah
      @auntymarushkafah 15 днів тому

      @@johnsmithers5686 There was also a golf course and warring Hari Krishna factions. I engaged in compulsive hand washing. I kind of wish I'd made it to the first one in 1972, but I had other fun in the Rockies.

    • @lockandloadlikehell
      @lockandloadlikehell 15 днів тому

      "dancing in tbe nude" 😅​@@auntymarushkafah

  • @bubbas5651
    @bubbas5651 Місяць тому +42

    Awwwww. Mama and Hadley. I missed them.
    What a beautiful soultribe.

  • @jennifers.7037
    @jennifers.7037 Місяць тому +57

    I have a strong feeling you're going to meet 'your person' at one of these rainbow events 😊

  • @luminous3357
    @luminous3357 Місяць тому +24

    ➡️ With all due respect, a lot of these ppl seem like I wouldn't wanna run into them in a dark alley😒

    • @edie4321
      @edie4321 Місяць тому +4

      Yes, I agree, I met up with them back in the seventies, and decided they were rather gross.

    • @larrym2434
      @larrym2434 Місяць тому +2

      thank you for reporting on the state of your mind.

    • @edie4321
      @edie4321 Місяць тому +4

      @@larrym2434 , State of mind? I'm talking about how they left the land they used for their gathering. We're supposed to leave it better than we found it. I can't respect those that do not respect Mother Earth. It has nothing to do with a state of mind. I've seen others confirm it from their "experience" too. Real, not a video.

    • @celaowen4831
      @celaowen4831 Місяць тому +3

      ​@@edie4321USDA bot

    • @celaowen4831
      @celaowen4831 Місяць тому +1

      Really I didn't see you there? Forest service bot are ye

  • @deborahbloem1325
    @deborahbloem1325 Місяць тому +14

    Thank you so much Star for (filming) and sharing this gathering! It was a joy to watch and it made it clear again what life is about : living from your true essence back to your core. What is the essence of life? (is what I googled), this was the answer :
    The three basic elements for living from your essence are gratitude, connection and trust. If you are grateful for everything that is now, you experience a loving feeling. Thanks again Star. Xx

  • @jaysonbrynild3432
    @jaysonbrynild3432 Місяць тому +8

    Lots of trampled vegetation. Some cars drove right over new plants.
    Leave No Trace practices would be very useful to mitigate damage to the forest, however small it may be.
    Take care of the forest, and it will take care of you ☺

    • @tracyrichardson7476
      @tracyrichardson7476 Місяць тому +2

      Absolutely some of us are the original environmentalist of recovery for us from natural disasters… We always leave it better than we came…

    • @jaysonbrynild3432
      @jaysonbrynild3432 Місяць тому +1

      No doubt some of it will spring back up. Didn't mean any disrespect, it just made me remember being repremanded by a scoutmaster for stepping on new growth as a teenager.

    • @captainjimolchs
      @captainjimolchs 25 днів тому

      A year later, you won't be able to detect our presence.

  • @PhamProductions
    @PhamProductions Місяць тому +10

    I love Will-Liam lol. This was such a cool video! I learned so much and all the effort really shows. This is like a true hippie gathering vs a Burning Man. Thank you for sharing!

  • @meanneighbor2243
    @meanneighbor2243 11 днів тому +3

    I was on the tail end of the wonderful grateful dead concerts, I was just a kid teenager, within a few years, the concert changed into a scary situation with law enforcement grabbing people and violently throwing them up against walls and stuff. Scary and mean. This guy got slammed into a wall suddenly right in front of me, at the Long Beach auditorium, it was terrifying.
    I walked past a big room where they had people handcuffed to chairs. But I saw such a community of sharing KIND people for the first few years. Let's evolve back to kindness.... ❤❤❤❤

  • @g2jnan427
    @g2jnan427 Місяць тому +13

    Love watching your hula hooping. It’s magical. 😊

  • @leonheyhey
    @leonheyhey Місяць тому +12

    I was there. I give the Rainbow Council all the credit in the world, they took a difficult situation and made it work! Rainbow forever!

  • @jupiterbloodsaw
    @jupiterbloodsaw Місяць тому +27

    I am 3rd generation born into rainbow, and this was a beautiful video thank you. Good to see that mama in the beginning, she and her twin sister saved me from a bad trip once.
    Thank you family! 🫶🏽

    • @FloridaGirlAdventures
      @FloridaGirlAdventures Місяць тому +1

      😊this is somewhere I below some day... East Coast 😊 come see us

    • @celaowen4831
      @celaowen4831 Місяць тому +2

      Right on one of the best pro RB this sister is being real. Not a USDA bot. Great video about the gathering.😊

    • @zalix512
      @zalix512 Місяць тому

      Did they have to dose any creepers this year?

    • @purpleoracleroyallovefamil2988
      @purpleoracleroyallovefamil2988 Місяць тому +6

      What fairy tale world do you live in where everyone is just like you? Wake up! There are people with addiction, mental illness which could be anything from bi polar disorder to depression and beings that have real pain whether it be mentally or physically. Some people absolutely need psychedelics, which is a far healthier substitute from prescription pills, drugs and alcohol. If you ratio a psychedelic of your choosing properly, it becomes a medicine and it can heal mind soul body, celestial spirit in one. We are all individuals. We are all different. Open up your third eye and stop putting your narrow minded judgement on others.

    • @purpleoracleroyallovefamil2988
      @purpleoracleroyallovefamil2988 Місяць тому +1

      @@Tater-Skinz sounds like your problem.

  • @gbbb8
    @gbbb8 Місяць тому +7

    My favorite is the shirtless guy in the hoodie with eyes wide like kaleidoscopes drinking a brew talking about having no desires 😂 loved this vlog kashi! Made me miss going to rainbow gatherings ❤

    • @captainjimolchs
      @captainjimolchs 25 днів тому +1

      Alcohol is frowned upon everywhere, except at A camp.

  • @terrik957
    @terrik957 Місяць тому +10

    Wow Star!!!! That was amazing
    You have a way of capturing people that is just magical! I had never heard of Rainbow before
    It’s fascinating and beautiful ❤

  • @beadornedbymaggie
    @beadornedbymaggie Місяць тому +48

    Watching this video made me want to escape this crazy world and join the Rainbow Community. You can see the love, unity and acceptance of every individual there. Thanks for sharing, Star!

  • @zarayahpatrick2577
    @zarayahpatrick2577 Місяць тому +5

    I appreciate the light you are putting on rainbow gatherings as how me and my man have traveled to many. The one you went to seems as though it was a parking lot gathering. I saw some familiar faces and although some things are similar every gathering is different and magical in its own way. There is a whole rainbow road. There are regional, There are annuals, there are nationals, it's a beautiful safe space for people from all backgrounds. Thank you for showing the water filtration, the movie movements, the heart circle, trade circles, kitchens, and most importantly another coming together of family. Thank you for representing it best to your knowledge. Many people who nowadays shed so much false information and just so negative without even experiencing it themselves.

  • @yourface3154
    @yourface3154 Місяць тому +63

    They came to Central Oregon and destroyed everything, made the lake unsafe to keep fish, stole shit outta the stores. Obviously not all of them are bad, but holy shit they did some damage.

    • @outdoorloser4340
      @outdoorloser4340 Місяць тому +7

      How did they make the lake unsafe for fishing?

    • @yourface3154
      @yourface3154 Місяць тому +21

      @@outdoorloser4340 By shitting/bathing in it, littering everywhere. Look up Walton Lake, it's pretty small, with the amount of them, it took a long time to fix it. It's basically a big pond.

    • @reality_is_the_key
      @reality_is_the_key Місяць тому +19

      Yup. Same in NH. Not impressed.

    • @randmayfield5695
      @randmayfield5695 Місяць тому +13

      I've been to three and my experience was completely different. Yes, there is that element but most of the locals exaggerate the troubles. My first was in central Arizona and I was there for the set up, event, and clean up. You could not tell there had been 35,000 attendees there. I was amazed at the organization.

    • @edie4321
      @edie4321 Місяць тому +5

      Yes, and they've been doing it for fifty+ years. I experienced them coming to our small town in the seventies. Sos, back then

  • @Frecks08
    @Frecks08 Місяць тому +29

    These events are much needed for like minded people to come together in peace at such a divisive time in society also all the music was so good! I was pleasantly surprised 😄

  • @Youdoneedmyname
    @Youdoneedmyname Місяць тому +8

    Bet it smells like BO covered with patchouli, dirt weed and regret.

  • @moonmaiden4197
    @moonmaiden4197 Місяць тому +9

    This was a really good vlog, I was thoroughly entertained the whole time. Thanks for sharing.❤

  • @fuufuuu
    @fuufuuu Місяць тому +33

    As I get older I find my self in nature more and more. ❤

    • @websurfer5772
      @websurfer5772 Місяць тому +3

      Yeah, I find myself connecting to nature more than ever before. 🍀

    • @richardp6461
      @richardp6461 Місяць тому +2

      Me too. Nature gets me.

    • @cathylindeboo.9598
      @cathylindeboo.9598 4 дні тому

      And CARING for nature!!! Taking nothing but photos, leaving nothing but footprints.

    • @websurfer5772
      @websurfer5772 4 дні тому +2

      @@cathylindeboo.9598 And growing some plants and flowers. You can talk to them telepathically and outloud every day and develop an uplifting bond with them. You can even tell them your woes and they patiently listen and care.

    • @cathylindeboo.9598
      @cathylindeboo.9598 3 дні тому

      @@websurfer5772 that sounds lovely, worth a try!!

  • @vanzbeezer122
    @vanzbeezer122 Місяць тому +12

    Woohoo!! So happy to see you have a new upload to bless us with. 😊😊😊

  • @TheEriccurtis
    @TheEriccurtis Місяць тому +2

    I’m glad hippies are still around, I used to go to Grateful Dead concerts and it was a different world, I want to experience this Rainbow gathering sometime but I live in the Midwest Illinois Sucks state.

  • @OilDomAudit16301
    @OilDomAudit16301 Місяць тому +8

    From the first woodstock to the rainbow gatherings in the Allegheny forest ( n.w pa down to the gatherings in alabama ive found some of the best people ) good luck in your travels an be safe ... Holding it down in Pennsylvania 😅

  • @angelforceforyou
    @angelforceforyou Місяць тому +7

    This was so interesting. Thank you for documenting an in depth slice of Human life❤

  • @user-ui1xt4hy1m
    @user-ui1xt4hy1m Місяць тому +23

    I feel so blessed to see more of your life every day 💛 🙏
    Loving your each content KASHI 😊
    So happy to see you exploring life to the fullest 💗 💕 😊😊😊

  • @steph0D
    @steph0D Місяць тому +4

    Star, thank you for taking us along the rainbow gathering. I didn't even know things like this existed. Such an amazing community, peace & love

  • @scotsman771
    @scotsman771 Місяць тому +13

    It looks like a great event, But the times it has been in NE Washington they have left huge mess behind. For wanting to love nature they sure dont take care of it in the end..

    • @celaowen4831
      @celaowen4831 Місяць тому +1

      Well maybe you should attend.
      Hunter's vamos ,loggers and general pos do more damage than the rainbow gathering ever has I was in Washington there was minimal . Are you a Forest service bot? USDA bot?

    • @purpleoracleroyallovefamil2988
      @purpleoracleroyallovefamil2988 Місяць тому

      That is because those are fakes, phonies and imposters. The real hippies started the gathering in the 60's when there was real love and psychedelic healing. Most of us new age hippies that are pure of heart don't even attend the gatherings because of the fact that they started allowing anyone to attend and even making separate camps for those beings. They just use it as an excuse to get all effed up and do what they want. They get their karma ultimately and those of us that are real, clean up their mess.

  • @rodneyreno5109
    @rodneyreno5109 Місяць тому +14

    THE RAINBOW FAMILY OF LIVING LIGHT. Beautiful ppl. I went to the gathering from 87 to 93. Ran a kitchen. I love you family- Shaggy

    • @jeffthomas5291
      @jeffthomas5291 Місяць тому

      Could you borrow fifty bucks, Rodney?

    • @rodneyreno5109
      @rodneyreno5109 Місяць тому

      @@jeffthomas5291 what would I need to borrow $50 for and from who?

    • @rodneyreno5109
      @rodneyreno5109 Місяць тому +3

      @@jeffthomas5291 money's not used at gatherings we share.

    • @KampungMajesticLife
      @KampungMajesticLife Місяць тому +1

      Shaggy Scoopy Scoopy Doo😂😂

    • @rodneyreno5109
      @rodneyreno5109 Місяць тому +1

      @@KampungMajesticLife scooobeedoobeedooo

  • @johnmccormick3147
    @johnmccormick3147 Місяць тому +5

    A week with the Dippies!

  • @cateowen873
    @cateowen873 Місяць тому +13

    The goal of this group seems to always be positive. But being a forester for years and seeing this group in many different states, I’ve seen this group leave so much trash even BBQs and legit metal sinks behind at campgrounds. And fucked up ecosystems. Love the message but take what you bring in.

  • @lauragamello560
    @lauragamello560 Місяць тому +13

    I enjoyed this video so much I can’t even tell you. I could go into specifics, about moments and different topics, etc. But I think I’ll just keep it at that. I enjoyed this video tremendously. Thanks for sharing, Star.

  • @Sage-1111
    @Sage-1111 Місяць тому +5

    Hope everyone created good healing energy to the nature in which you laid your head.💚💙💜🧡❤🌲🌲

  • @00boscopops
    @00boscopops Місяць тому +5

    Is this what happened to the yearly "rainbow valley" gatherings we used to have in WA? This used to be in rainbow valley WA since the 70's. I attended my first rainbow valley with fat Freddy/Jess Williams high times freedom fighter of the month x4, and 1/3 of the freak brothers. Good times.

  • @williewasahippie
    @williewasahippie Місяць тому +5

    We need a "Hippie 2.0" culture shift. Something, rhe vibes in rhe air, felt different when I was a little kid compared to today.

    • @TopDogDankSmoker
      @TopDogDankSmoker Місяць тому

      ​@@Tater-Skinz I think they were speaking of the broader vibe of the whole country. Not just as individuals.

    • @williewasahippie
      @williewasahippie Місяць тому +1

      @@Tater-Skinz What I mean is, we need "peace and love" as a culture again. I'm generalizing the best aspects of the culture. I'm not saying everyone needs to be drugged out like people were back then. Regardless, we don't have peace and love today. We potentially have WW3, we have to prep, we have to be armed to defend our families, etc. Lots of hate in the world and crappy politicians in the US (current admin).

  • @Robin_Sunshine
    @Robin_Sunshine Місяць тому +6

    Love the family! Thanks for sharing, Star :)

  • @Jacqueline7
    @Jacqueline7 Місяць тому +6

    I love this so much! I need to come to one of these someday, I dont think they do this where I live in Utah. I love the community everyone has built with this tradition!

  • @Vibewlisa
    @Vibewlisa Місяць тому +8

    I just started the video but I gotta say I can love it already

  • @user-bl4hb1bq9t
    @user-bl4hb1bq9t Місяць тому +4

    I was born in 60. In 68, I was 8. Looked up to hippies. at 16 in 76 started to party. At 22 in 82 became a deadhead. loved the music. Internal struggle. After Jerry died in 95, I became a wharf rat at 36, thru sober reflecion, I'm a comservative! Today at 64, most deadheads don't make America great! Still love my Jerry tunes!

    • @mojomaxy
      @mojomaxy 21 день тому

      I was born in 59 a teenager in the 70's I made crepe paper flowers and passed them around at at concerts and other music events (flower child). The music and events of the 70's influenced my free spirited life. I'm 64 and to save my life I can't remember or don't know what Jerry tunes you are referring to. lol I'll have to find out.

    • @user-bl4hb1bq9t
      @user-bl4hb1bq9t 21 день тому +1

      @@mojomaxy If you get confused listen to the music play! Deadhead might be a clue! But that's not what my story is about! My story is about hippie worship growing up. Becoming a Deadhead, one female & one male were Deadheads in the video. Then I quit partying & realized I'm a conservative. Then yesterday's hippy is today's woke Democrat & that hippie culture is what ruined America!

  • @edie4321
    @edie4321 Місяць тому +6

    They came to our small town and lake in the seventies. There were a lot of them, and many were disgusting. They'd go in the stores, and take pickles out of jars and put the jars back. Grab a couple of slices of bread out of the package, and use their fingers in the peanut butter. They left the lake a giant litter covered mess. I was 17, and thought it was going to be cool, it was not. They have given hippies and communities a bad reputation. They were nothing like the Hippy I wanted to, and still do, want to be.

    • @captainjimolchs
      @captainjimolchs 25 днів тому

      Did you take pictures, or copy Police reports?

    • @edie4321
      @edie4321 25 днів тому +2

      @@captainjimolchs, I was a kid. Our small town was not prepared for them, as we weren't expecting them. I thought being a Hippie was cool, until they came, or should I say left, and certainly did not leave our place better than they found it, as they should, if they cared at all.

    • @captainjimolchs
      @captainjimolchs 25 днів тому

      @@edie4321 What town? What state? What year?
      --I visited a small town once. A group of kids were harassing a poor old lady until I intervened. I suppose that proves that all kids and small towns are bad.

    • @edie4321
      @edie4321 24 дні тому +1

      @@captainjimolchs , What are you saying? It's not at all the same. Other people shared having the same in their location. It was TorC, New Mexico, @ Elephant Butte Lake. The Rainbow people. Very disappointing. I'd Love to think it was just a rough year that year, but it keeps repeating. Didn't The King of the Hill also do an episode about them? Now come on.

    • @captainjimolchs
      @captainjimolchs 24 дні тому

      Elephant Butte is a state park. I find 1 gathering in 1979 in western NM, closer to AZ. Two others, 2009 and 2021 were 250+ miles north of Elephant butte. Whatever you may have experienced was not a Rainbow Gathering.
      --Following your logic, I might draw negative conclusions about Dwight, Illinois and teen-agers.

  • @Lora-G
    @Lora-G 3 дні тому

    When I was at RAINBOW in the 1970's their was absolutely NO CLOTHES after parking the car. It was heavenly. I learned a thousand things to do with popcorn ! Lol

  • @kaaatjuuu
    @kaaatjuuu 4 дні тому +1

    I really enjoyed this video and your commentary. Keep it up!!!

  • @PrettyPrxncesa777
    @PrettyPrxncesa777 Місяць тому +14

    Truly a incredible video. What a great a experience ❤

  • @SuzyQ1129
    @SuzyQ1129 Місяць тому +4

    Omg it was so nice to see Will and meet Liam! Always lovely to see Hadley and your mom!

  • @torinealon1367
    @torinealon1367 Місяць тому +7

    Long time follower here 🤗 Hahaha July 2nd was my bday star!! I turned 25 this year. I love who you and your family are! Big luv and hugs 🤗 🐞 🌟

    • @KashiStar
      @KashiStar  Місяць тому +4

      Happy happy birthday!!! Hope this is your best year yet 😊❤️. Let’s see at 25 I was studying psychology at UCB. 😊

    • @timczifrik7715
      @timczifrik7715 8 днів тому +1

      thats is my Bday also.! I am about double your age though although I don't act like it. hahaha I really want to attend one of these sometime..!!!

  • @Scoobiekittydoo
    @Scoobiekittydoo Місяць тому +5

    Star 🌟 ❤!! This was amazing!!! I seriously felt like I was there and got sucked in completely. You are a talented cinematographer, specially with vlogs which is a form of documentary. I’m from north cali as well, maybe I’ll join next time 🌈 ✨🫶🏻

  • @timebot000
    @timebot000 Місяць тому +15

    Buy 100 acres, get a post office n zip code, and call it Rainbowtown already😂

    • @earugo2531
      @earugo2531 22 дні тому

      The point is to live on public land. It is a kind of protest silly person. Private land is not a rainbow gathering. It's a party er something like that. Not the same for sure. .

    • @timebot000
      @timebot000 22 дні тому

      @earugo2531 ...yes, but also, we learned to quickly grow food onsite, wheatgrassn such, and formed a village life, a mile from the parking lot, it was a way of life that only some carried on year round when it was over . The political message of using public land wasn't the point, it just happened to be 'the old way', to settle wherever we wanted . In those 70ssgatherings

  • @JJ-nn9de
    @JJ-nn9de Місяць тому +3

    If law enforcement was present and there were complaints from locals then there are probably multiple reasons why this type of gathering was not welcome as it perhaps had been in the past. Hadley feeling the need to yell "six up" to alert everyone that cops are around confirms that perhaps everyone isn't simply appreciating nature as implied.

    • @Celena2947
      @Celena2947 25 днів тому

      Agreed. I dont like to pass judgement but alot of these types of people claim to want to be one with nature and then literally shit on the land leave belongings and mess behind. I mean if youre going to preach peace and love and oneness with nature atleast respect it and other people that may not share your same beliefs. Half these people dont even seem to be all there.. thats putting it nicely

    • @captainjimolchs
      @captainjimolchs 25 днів тому +1

      Actually, that was USFS, which calls for a 7-UP! call. Significant that these people did not know that. When I hear either call, I have my cell phone ready to record, to document any possible misdeeds on the part of the government.

  • @melodymcminn4107
    @melodymcminn4107 Місяць тому +2

    That is a special heat proof hole for a wood burning tent stoves' stack to go through. What an awesome tent.

    • @larrym2434
      @larrym2434 Місяць тому +1

      you mean that sky light? hahaha

  • @odeszarules5125
    @odeszarules5125 2 дні тому

    I love these people. They are in harmony with Gaia. You can tell the cops love that gig too.

  • @cherrytink5104
    @cherrytink5104 Місяць тому +3

    I very much appreciate you vlogging your experience here at The Rainbow Gathering ☀️🩷 What a blessing for you all. I would love to attend one, one day when the stars align and I am able to. WilLiam seems like a very nice man and someone with many amazing stories and wisdom to share. Blessings to you in the upcoming week Star ⭐️

  • @Syllacrostics
    @Syllacrostics Місяць тому +18

    What a cool experience, thank you for sharing it with us Star 💖

  • @ericeidsness2210
    @ericeidsness2210 Місяць тому +12

    These events fluctuate..... They breathe.... Sometimes they are so big, no one knows what to do... But then they get down to the core individuals... The ones that really believe in the event... And that's what you have this year... These people have found strength through diversity.... And when you do it's hard to let go .... We are the apotheosis of George Washington..... These festivals and parties, it's basically how this country was formed.. nowhere in the world does communism exist like it does in our country.. our constitution protects our brand of communism.... When we leave these events we want to share with the rest of the world the love , camaraderie and unity with the rest of the world... These Dynamics have made a huge difference in our society as a whole.. I don't know if they will ever stop being a thing... But the more we grow closer together as a country, through these parties and festivals that basically unify us.. the more the vision we have that we see from these festivals and parties we go to, becomes the reality we see in the world... Then what set out to achieve is done.... It wasn't about just partying.. it was about coming together.... And loving each other...❤.. God bless 🙏

  • @toddjohnson5568
    @toddjohnson5568 Місяць тому +9

    I hope everything "done" at the original spot was undone so the forest was left as it was found.

    • @tracyrichardson7476
      @tracyrichardson7476 Місяць тому +3

      Always hippies are The original environmentalist… We leave it better than when we came…

    • @captainjimolchs
      @captainjimolchs 25 днів тому +1

      Actually, we supply free labor for small Forest Service projects.

  • @rodvans6008
    @rodvans6008 Місяць тому +3

    I went to the one In Quebec. Best 2 months of my life!

  • @RonCortez-d3c
    @RonCortez-d3c Місяць тому +3

    The Tennessee Gathering was a lot of rain, but it made for nice trails. Triangle means LSD.

  • @user-ku5tk8qr4y
    @user-ku5tk8qr4y Місяць тому +4

    Amazing¡!¡!!! Welcome home Star❤

  • @grandmabear2840
    @grandmabear2840 Місяць тому +3

    ✨⚡🌈⚡✨
    Blessings upon blessings family!!!
    We LLLLOOOOOVVVVVE YOU!!!

  • @deecyful
    @deecyful Місяць тому +2

    Absolutely amazing …. I wants to come 🎉🎉🎉 love that vibe … if only everyone could live this simple community life ALWAYS !! Thx Star 🌟 D x

  • @randomuser7851
    @randomuser7851 Місяць тому +3

    Glad you filmed this very interesting video this is the first time I’ve ever heard of the rainbow gathering ❤ wow 50 years amazing would love to visit one day

  • @cheesypoofs614
    @cheesypoofs614 Місяць тому +14

    What a unique, beautiful vlog. Thank you for sharing 🌈 💙 ✌️ ☮️

  • @angelone8564
    @angelone8564 Місяць тому +4

    Its called an improvised OUTHOUSE and im almost sure there's a tarp involved.. Make shure your polite to the next campers and DIG EM DEEP...

    • @captainjimolchs
      @captainjimolchs 25 днів тому

      They are built to US government military standards. No tarps involved. Shovels and ashes are provided to cover up.

  • @AK-pq4zz
    @AK-pq4zz Місяць тому +2

    I spent a few days in the white mountains in AZ. Back in 1979 at a rainbow family gathering. Cool times, great memories. Yet a little different experience than what's in this video. Things have definitely changed. ✌

  • @sandy_sd10
    @sandy_sd10 Місяць тому +2

    I knew someone who was a rainbow tribe member in 81. She was a total free spirit she lived in a community in Missouri.

  • @riversedges
    @riversedges Місяць тому +3

    No Alcohol rule is the BEST part! Lovely words describing my brothers and sisters. We wish you well..

    • @skyasure7758
      @skyasure7758 Місяць тому +1

      No alcohol but lots of drugs! Lol

    • @riversedges
      @riversedges Місяць тому +3

      ​@@skyasure7758alcohol would change the whole scene

    • @user-dj6hu9gq4t
      @user-dj6hu9gq4t Місяць тому

      A-Camp had alcohol. Veterans camp and more parties. Always advised to hike to main camp unless you had to have alcohol.

  • @Noonecares3203
    @Noonecares3203 Місяць тому +2

    Star, I absolutely LOVED this vlog. It’s my favorite one. I never feel like I fit in anywhere. I’m a total misfit and this was so comforting. Thank you so much for sharing.

    • @captainjimolchs
      @captainjimolchs 25 днів тому

      Misfits are welcome at Rainbow; As long as they are peaceful.

  • @bfranco1519
    @bfranco1519 17 днів тому +1

    “Hippies” that leave their garbage everywhere? How uplifting of them…

  • @brandyleeledford4232
    @brandyleeledford4232 10 днів тому

    I went to one of these in 2005. It was in the Ocala National Forest. We drove in, parked and walked about 50 yards to the tents. There was no 3 hour hike. There were porta johns. Sucks though that they caused a problem at the original site. I still have the blanket that I bought at the event. They ask that you take a bag of garbage or two out if you have a pick up truck.

  • @VanessaButtino
    @VanessaButtino Місяць тому +2

    I’m not one for camping, but this event looks INCREDIBLE ❤ I’d love to take part in it one day. Thanks for sharing it with us, Star!

  • @gfunk5994
    @gfunk5994 18 днів тому

    I can appreciate the vibe & meaning of the gathering. As an old Deadhead I think I may have to attend one.
    Be nice to get back to my bohemian roots.

  • @georgewashington3393
    @georgewashington3393 4 дні тому

    "10 days without my phone." So spiritual!

  • @123aesco
    @123aesco Місяць тому +3

    Watching this makes me wanna be a hippie! ❤

  • @thegiantswordworkout
    @thegiantswordworkout Місяць тому +3

    I wanna live like this 365. This is the way.

  • @AlaskaNavigator
    @AlaskaNavigator Місяць тому +4

    This is where music goes to DIE! LOL

  • @Estherchow0
    @Estherchow0 Місяць тому +3

    ❤being in the nature feels so good

  • @tay6410
    @tay6410 Місяць тому +7

    I remember a few years back my roommate was going to rainbow in Washington and she told me I wasn’t cool enough to go 😢 maybe next time if I hear about it!

    • @Scoobiekittydoo
      @Scoobiekittydoo Місяць тому +7

      You are most definitely cool enough ❤ in fact, everyone is cool enough to join, just like star said if you have a bellybutton you are rainbow 🌈 ❤ maybe I’ll see you there! Much blessings

    • @allentenderfoot8712
      @allentenderfoot8712 Місяць тому +4

      Rainbow is a gathering. Cool is ego interpretation.

    • @billh.1940
      @billh.1940 Місяць тому +2

      You should have gone. Your friend is not cool. We are the misfits, drop outs, pain in their butt people. We love each other, when the world didn't love us. Rock on.

    • @allentenderfoot8712
      @allentenderfoot8712 Місяць тому +1

      @@Scoobiekittydoo even the non belly buttoners are welcome :)

    • @janpsillos5513
      @janpsillos5513 Місяць тому

      Sounds like she really doesn't get the rainbow thing herself

  • @hollyd7554
    @hollyd7554 Місяць тому +4

    An enjoyable video. Good job!

  • @classykitty6603
    @classykitty6603 Місяць тому +2

    I loved this video. I would really enjoy something like that because it looks so chill & the vibe appears to be one of community & love. Thank you for sharing.🏕🌳🌻🪷🍁✌️💖💫🌞🏞

  • @classictalkies
    @classictalkies Місяць тому +1

    I love how the camp is very mutual aid-based. ❤

  • @MegaPugsley1
    @MegaPugsley1 Місяць тому +4

    Stay away from the computer guy.

  • @BAMS84
    @BAMS84 Місяць тому +2

    I extremely enjoyed this video.... I smiled laughed danced and cried... my heart feels good after watching this video so mission accomplished.

  • @billj9838
    @billj9838 8 днів тому

    In 1969 my local park allowed a love in. I went to the love in. My experience was people laying around in large tents, smoking pot talking about a bunch of random stuff.
    As a nine-year-old kid I couldn’t give a crap. When I was 22 I went to work for a large corporation. I worked with World War II veterans, Vietnam veterans and hippies. There was a lot of disagreements in the break rooms.
    The only thing that’s changed about hippies being hippies is their age. They got a lot older. Yes there’s younger ones, but they weren’t there when it all began.

  • @tiffanysailor8410
    @tiffanysailor8410 Місяць тому +8

    What a beautiful gathering 🙏

  • @ThunderSilence
    @ThunderSilence Місяць тому +1

    I send all my positive vibrations to the Rainbow🌈 Gathering 2024 in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Uslar - Dinkelhausen!
    You are doing it right and are on the path to realization! 🔥 ☯ ☮

  • @essjaye4826
    @essjaye4826 Місяць тому +1

    this was a good vlog!! I enjoyed seeing your family and all the other people there with open hearts and minds. Just being in the moment not "desiring " anything. I really like how he said that. ❤

  • @nmisley
    @nmisley Місяць тому +2

    Ah this felt like a documentry Star! 💫 loved this ❤

  • @corinaklies8131
    @corinaklies8131 15 днів тому

    This was fun. Thank you for sharing a taste of Rainbow. I have never been but have wanted to go. I have been nervous becasue of the strong LEO presence. Maybe I will get there someday...

  • @FOTOFELICIA
    @FOTOFELICIA Місяць тому +1

    Last rainbow I was at was around 24 years ago. I was 13 and hitchhiked from Southern California to the 4 corners. It changed my life.

    • @kyraarena
      @kyraarena Місяць тому

      You were 13 and got to experience it? I was 34 and it changed my life forever. Lucky you...did u go back? I can't imagine the impact that had on your lofe.

  • @JohnSmith-vg5gz
    @JohnSmith-vg5gz 16 днів тому

    Wow you look like your Mum 🙂🙃🙂‼
    I went to a Rainbow gathering once in Spain !
    Had a great time 🧡😁

  • @donklaing
    @donklaing Місяць тому +1

    I remember Curry meadows in Yosemite during the early 70's. Rangers would chase us out a 10pm on horseback. Red mountain drums everywhere.

  • @Sarah-zi1ri
    @Sarah-zi1ri Місяць тому +2

    Absolutely love this Star. Thank you for sharing ❤

  • @OG-PapaDude
    @OG-PapaDude Місяць тому +2

    Was "Grandpa Woodstock" there this year? I've never met him, but I hiked part of the AT with his brother in '17. I've always wanted to attend one of these. Maybe someday.