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susan sawdey (freakin')
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Date Posted: 18:11:22 12/17/07 Mon
In reply to:
Ralph ( a different one!)
's message, "Re: Watkins Glen Summer '73" on 11:48:23 11/06/07 Tue
> Hey all!
> I was 18 that Summer and had recently
>finished High School. All senior year myself and a
>group of friends planned this grand Summer trip across
>country. By the time July came around I was the only
>one who hadn't bailed out on the scheme.
> I had spent all winter preparing my '65 VW
>microbus for the adventure. Hand painted with
>underground comix charachters, eyebrows over the
>headlights, the front bumper painted like a big toothy
>smile, you get the idea. The inside in back was
>multicolored shag carpeted,pillows,curtained, and of
>course quadraphonic 8-track sound! LOL! All my Dead,
>Allman Bros., and Band tapes loaded and ready to go.
> My self and two friends left Eastern Long
>Island about 6 P.M. Friday night. Somehow it took us
>until 6 A.M. Saturday to arrive between Montours Falls
>and Watkins Glen, as far as we could go. Part of it
>was traffic and some part smoking joints and getting
>lost!
> After about a one hour nap we set out on
>"the hill". Connie, you are right! What a long hot
>hike! That pond did look so tempting. We finally
>arrived and found a patch of ground to sit on.
> I think the heat, lack of sleep, and the
>fact I foolishly wore a brand new pair of "stiff as a
>board" jeans finally got to me. After a couple of
>hours, well before the music began, I headed back down
>the hill to my van to crash. Later, when I awoke, I
>had the greatest time! I fired up my tapes, and a few
>bones, and had a mini-concert with whoever passed by
>and stopped to share some wine or weed or a bite to
>eat. My new friends and myself partied all night and
>had a blast.
> My friends who had come up with me were
>returning to L.I. but I had other plans. Early the
>next morning I found my way out of town and headed
>west. When I returned to Long Island at the end of
>September I had driven across the country twice and
>had many other adventures and met lots of wonderful
>people. Quite a solo adventure at 18!
> Somewhere I still have the newspaper
>clippings my Mom saved. One even shows my old bus!
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