Howdy Folks (aka directions to the gathering)
Updated information will be available here for the next week or two. Check back frequently.
Updated June 17 @ 9:00 am California time.
Updated June 17 @ 9:00 am California time.
48th Annual Rainbow Family Gathering of the Tribes
July 1 to July 7, 2019
We, who are brothers & sisters, children of spirit, families of life on earth, friends of nature & of all people, children of humankind calling ourselves the rainbow gathering, humbly invite:
- All races, peoples, tribes, communes, men, women, children, individuals -- out of love.
- All nations & national leaders -- out of respect
- All religions & religious leaders -- out of faith
- All politicians -- out of charity
Feel free to arrive a few weeks early to create the gathering and/or stay a few weeks late to clean it all up. Please be respectful of the First Nations' land, culture, and spirituality.
RAP 107 Gathering Consciousness
Please protect this Beautiful Land. 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!
Please Protect the Water Sources by staying out of DELICATE spring areas. Avoid camping, peeing, washing above spring areas. Keep ALL soap out of streams, springs or the creek (even biodegradable soap)! Use a bucket to take your bath 60 feet away from the water source. To be certain of drinking water: boil it! Use the slit trenches or covered latrines - cover your paper & waste with ashes or lime, wash hands. Break the fly/illness connection: shit-fly-food-you! Dig no shitters near water areas or kitchens.
Protect our Health! Use your own cup, bowl & spoon! Wash them after eating and rinse in bleach-water. Visit C.A.L.M./M.A.S.H. if you feel ill - especially if you have a contagious disease - or are injured. Camp Together - Establish neighborhoods. Community Fires only! ~ Each with 5 gallon water bucket and shovel for Fire Protection. If you are the last to leave a fire PUT IT OUT! Watch your gear: Be Responsible ~ "Tempt Not Lest Ye Be Lifted From." Pets are discouraged but if you must bring them keep them fed, on a leash and out of the kitchens, springs & fights. Clean up their poop. Love them.
!!! PACK IT IN - PACK IT OUT !!!
Cleanup begins when you arrive. Bring in only what is necessary. There is no janitor here...you are the cleanup crew. Separate garbage for recycling. Don't litter - find collection point. Compost in pits only. Take your trash out of the gathering and drive at least 100 miles before depositing it in an appropriate trash can. Do not burden the local community with our trash.
You are the Gathering! Participate in Shanti Sena, the peace keepers council, and all activities, councils, work crews, workshops. Volunteer wherever needed: kitchens, welcome home, firewatch, parking lot, shitter digging, supply, front gate, etc. R-E-S-P-E-C-T your siblings’ different energies. Keep the Balance: Earth, Sky, Trees, Water & People!
Alcohol is Discouraged, Guns are Inappropriate, Violence is contrary to the Spirit. Please take no photographs or videos of people without permission. Discourage Drug Abuse.
Buying 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.
This is a 100% free event. Food is free, medical care is free, parking is free. No admission fee ever!
Site Specific Information
Parking will be along a 3 mile road. Please park with all 4 tires off the road. There will be multiple gates into the gathering along the road. Make sure you know which gate you entered. Make sure you follow all the parking advice family shares. There is no bus village, but there are a some pullouts where 5-6 buses can park. Please do not try to access Handicamp parking if you do not have a placard.Some lakes will be used for drinking water. Please keep yourself and your pets out of our drinking-water-lakes. Other lakes will be available for swimming. Giardia or beaver fever may be present in the lakes. Check yourself, your family, and our pets for ticks daily.
We should be @ approximately 1,100 ft elevation.
Bring solar showers, flotation devices like rafts, RAIN GEAR, jugs of drinking water.
BE PREPARED FOR RAIN!
DRINKING WATER: Bring at least a few gallons of drinking water per person. Save your jugs for reuse and refill.
If you are arriving before June 20, please have your own drinking water. Rumor is their are artesian wells along the side of the road. It will take some time for our water systems to get set up. Be water self sufficient if you come early.
Because we are doing roadside park, folks arriving later may have to walk a few miles. There may or may not be shuttles running around July 1st. However, if someone helps you carry your gear or you catch a shuttle STAY WITH YOUR GEAR. It's easy to tell someone you're going to Kid Village (there are 2) and your gear ends up in the wrong place. People operate on Rainbow time so it may take longer than you want for you and your gear to get re-connected once separated. A lot of tents and backpacks look alike. Avoid mistaken identity. If you hope a shuttle, make sure you and your gear are on the same shuttle. If someone offers to carry your gear, make sure you are all walking together. There are no claim check tickets here.
Lost & Found is at INFO. Many of the major kitchens may hold onto things left there for a bit to see if you come back. Retrace your steps.
The closest point to Main Meadow is about 1/2 a mile from the road. Other points at the gathering may be further from the road.
Directions
From Minneapolis/St. Paul, take Interstate 35 north to Duluth, Minnesota (~ 157 miles). From Duluth, take US-2 E approximately 42 miles to Iron River, Wisconsin.
From points east such as Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison, take Interstate 94 west to Eau Claire, Wisconsin. From Eau Claire take US-53 North approximately 127 miles to Iron River, Wisconsin.
EVERYONE: From Iron River, Wisconsin, take Road “A” south 8.5 miles. Turn left on West Delta Road (Forest Service Road 231). Continue 2 miles. Turn left on Musky Lake Road (Forest Service Road 411). Continue 1 mile. Turn right on Canthook Lake Road (Forest Service Road 412). Look for parking options within the next three miles. Park with all four tires off the road. Duluth, Minnesota will be the closet major transportation hub. Rev. 6/14/19 @ 8:00 am PDT.
Greyhound offers a daily bus from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Iron River, Wisconsin leaving Minneapolis at 12:15 pm goes to Duluth and then arrives in Iron River at 8 pm. Or you can catch it leaving Duluth @ 7 p.m. in the evening. From the east, leaves Milwaukee, WI at 8:15 pm and arrives in Iron River @ 7:40 am.
Pay attention to parking rules as they change frequently. Sometimes people remove no parking signs, but the USFS will still ticket or tow your car even if the sign disappeared during the night. Currently it looks like Canthook Lake Road (FS 412) is one way east bound. There are many closed roads in the area. As of noon on 6/14/19, parking is available on FS Road 411 and FS Road 412. For updated info on parking, closed roads, and other closure orders, visit the USFS web page.
If you are coming in after 9 p.m. please make sure you fill your gas tank in Duluth or Eau Claire. Most of the gas stations in the area close at 9 or 10 p.m.
I've created a printer-friendly PDF of the directions that you can access here.
Updates
Please check this blog for the next couple of weeks for updated information on parking, water, and other topics. You can also check the light line for updated directions and other critical information @ 651-356-8842. Logistics often changes in the first couple of weeks after spring council/circle/counsel reaches a consensus. If you forget the URL, Google "Karin's 2019 Rainbow Gathering Blog" and it will come up. You can use this link to see more updates if it is easier for you.
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Ignore all rumors of cancellation or organization.
How to make a very excellent personal water filter : firstly , know how to make activated charcoal from common materials found at a gathering . Bleach . Wild water . Charcoal . The bleach and water are mixed at 1:1 ratio , mix with pulverized charcoal (from a fire-pit) until it is pasty ,
ReplyDeletelet it sit and cure for a day , dry it .
I don't know but am wondering if this will filter out viruses and giardia?
DeleteActivated carbon will filter lake water , not an urbanites' paranoia .
DeleteIt will not filter out giardia or any other pathogens. It will make your dirty water more "groovy" or something.
DeleteCo Hwy A should be followed SOUTH from Iron River.
ReplyDeleteGoogle maps tells me that the intersection of Muskie Lake Road and FR412 is roughly N45.459/W91.407 The final turn is to the RIGHT(east), but it's a T-intersection.
USGS Topo maps, Iron Lake, Drummond, and(?) Delta qudrants can be downloaded from:
https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#11/46.4974/-91.4368
USFS Washburn District motor vehicle use map is at:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd489141.pdf
-Captainjim
OOPS! Should be N46.459, not 45
DeleteJust an FYI, Google Maps is iffy at best. The directions I posted are from people who drove them. Where I live, Google Maps would have you drive off a few cliffs as there are paper roads that have never been built across canyons. Thanks for the links to the topo maps.
DeleteHey! I live in a travel trailer, which I am bringing to the gathering. Does this mean there won't be enough room for me? Will I need to find elsewhere to park and bust out my tent? I have a WA disabled placard, and I understand there is disabled access parking. Is there additional parking I might fit into in this area? If there is not room at the gathering, do you have any ideas as to where I might be able to park, perhaps for free?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the information!
As I'm not on site I can only give general information. Apparently, there should be a few pull outs off the road where 5-6 school buses might fit. However, those will go fast so it depends on when you are arriving. The closer to July 1st you arrive, the less parking there will be. Here is the general info on Handicamp. https://minnesconsingathering2019.blogspot.com/2019/05/rap-on-access.html I do not know how much parking there will be there or if there are spaces for a travel trailer. There are miles off road that can be parked on for free as long as all 4 wheels are off the road.
DeleteThanks to Captainjim for the map links, and thanks again to Karin - good friend, faithful & true!
ReplyDeleteDoes that loon have a blunt in its beak? I wanted to come and bring my kids but that makes me feel pretty uncomfortable. Meybe I'm wrong and it's something else.
ReplyDeletemy name is christopher nilo and i'm looking for a ride to the gathering...i am currently in ely nevada which is about 4 hours north of vegas...on the chance anyone is going that way it would be greatly appreciated if i could get a ride...thanks...
ReplyDeleteHey did you find a ride? Leave your contact info and I can hit you up.
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