Rainbow Family Gathering 2022 | NW Colorado | From a Local's Perspective

[@tomcloud54]

Bright blessings and a big thank you for your level headed presentation of the Gathering of the Tribes. Thanks for carrying out trash as the sign suggested and thanks to all the Clean-up Crew. It will take a few years before everything regrows, but I have talked to lots of Scouts who go back to Gathering sites years later and the report is always that it looks pretty much like it did before the Gathering happened. Lovin' you!

[@princepage632]

awesome!!

[@davidlist7507]

How auspicious a Rainbow in the mountains on July 1st for a Rainbow Gathering, is cool. 🌈

[@traveldna4625]

It was really beautiful! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@johnwalker4642]

Colorado, a heart beat for this family. Thank you for sharing your witnessing and production.

[@dwayne4hand]

As an out of towner who attended I really appreciated your perspective. It’s not all roses but there are a lot of good, kind people there. Subscribed and looking forward to the follow up video(s)!

[@dna1149]

Thanks for the comment! We have video from 7/10/22 and we want to go up again soon to put together a nice wrap up video.

[@FREE_WILL_AAHhhhhhhhhhhhh]

you find the same in anycity, anywhere...free and unique people are a rare sight in todays culture

[@rachelneulander2648]

Thank you for your honest first hand witness account and glowing report demonstrating the hard work of Rainbow Gathering clean up and site reparation. I'm thrilled to see that family tradition being carried on by the small but fiercely dedicated crew that stayed to see this one through! It is a shame about the bridges. I'm an old gathering goer who can recall times the Forest Service Resource people recognized and frankly appreciated the beauty and functionality of their construction, so they let some sturdy rainbow bridges remain for future hikers to enjoy.

[@gina1952]

Thank you brother that was awesome what you documented,as someone who camps 365 days a year in Sacramento . I got teary eyed seeing you taking trash out of that gorgeous place on earth.

[@EclipseArte]

Thank you for sharing

[@aaronfogelsanger2550]

Sweet dude,you caught my wooden camper truck with the elk head on the front. I stayed for a month and I built a small log cabin on the main trail. Been going since 89, good times ✌️

[@cjfilenius1446]

That was dope I spotted that out

[@Boulderman]

Very well balanced and objective video.

[@dna1149]

Thank you!

[@edwardhanson3664]

Amazing. The spirit of Woodstock lives. Great even-handed reporting.

[@johnclark3874]

There are still folks there micrtrashing the site!

[@dna1149]

When we were up last, on the 13th, there was no one camping there. We saw no one on the Adams Creek trail loop, and it was totally clean.

[@whistlebirdproductions6249]

Great Content! Finally got to see the gathering

[@rab6453]

lots more hippies that seem to be liveing well than i expected to have lived this long and prosperd

[@mccalljo]

Good job and very positive to see Looking for the reclamation video. The process does show an alternative to the often more destructive lifestyle of the urban world. As we see more homesteaders in the hills cooperation and woodland living will need to learn how to be so light on the earth with such large numbers.

[@dna1149]

Very true, thanks for watching.

[@cjfilenius1446]

Wow what a good job you did with this. Thanks for this so much it was so interesting. Was so nice to see you carrying out the trash. We all family

[@shanacassidy9038]

I have been to many Nationals although not for many years and not this year. I so appreciate your videos, your total awesome openness, observations, and local opinion. It's not all rainbows and roses for sure but in general it's a fantastic life experience that is a beautiful window into humanity...the best and the worst. I have always worried about the impact on the land and with not a lot of experienced long time rainbows attending, was super concerned this year. So happy to have watched your latest with the reclamation footage and to know...as humans, we did ok.

[@kylesmith1408]

Hi! Great vid! Thanks for your perspective, and for grabbing that bag of trash on the way out! Been going to Rainbow almost 20 years. An update video now that it's been a year would be excellent too! I'd be interested to see.

[@traveldna4625]

Thanks for watching! Yes, we will go up and do a follow up as soon as the snow melts. Just two weeks ago someone measured over 10' of snow up in California Park still. It may be a bit, LOL.

[@hollydugal5299]

I was at the 50th Rainbow Gathering in Colorado 2022. We were camped out at the Bare Necessities Kitchen. It was a great time and got to meet a lot of people and make new friends and reconnect with old friends.

[@murliwatkins2682]

Welcome Home! God Bless Ya'll, from High Springs Florida 🙏 Honest but still so sweet ❤thanks

[@traveldna4625]

thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

[@isaiahfurrow7414]

As someone who grew up going to many of these in the 80s amd 90s, and a handful since the 2000s, I really enjoyed your video and your perspective. You seem like a local that would be there other times for your normal leisure, please do another follow-up next summer and show what it looks like.... I would've loved to make the trip from Idaho and brought my kids to this place, as it was the 50th rainbow, and my father was one of the originals at the 1972 Colorado gathering.... unfortunately we didn't make it down... Cheers...and thanks for the videos.

[@traveldna4625]

Thanks for the comment, and thanks for watching!

[@destinyrichens1640]

Really enjoyed your collective ability to talk to the horse 🐎 so the rider will follow. It was a good expression of the thoughts feelings and experience you guys had. Always can respect persons who can articulate with out being offensive. You guys Rock!!!!! Need more hands on reports from people like this.

[@MayFlower21974]

I miss the gatherings so much.

[@timnewman1172]

Probably not practical with this many people, but I use a sawdust composting toilet... Basically it's a 5 gal bucket with a snap-on seat/lid that I line with a trash bag and use sawdust to cover the "evidence". It doesn't smell, and it can all be carried out and composted off-site.

[@traveldna4625]

Thanks for your comment. Truly a "leave no trace" method.

[@chrism4008]

Too much work, way easier just to poop on the ground and leave it

[@DS-nv8bi]

i use clumping cat litter

[@citizenY]

You confused bug spray with "something being smoked" that you are unfamiliar with?

[@dna1149]

LOL, I don't think so.

[@citizenY]

@@dna1149 🤣you sounded like a salesman for it😂🤣

[@destinyrichens1640]

Lol.. I hope no one is smoking bug spray in the glass pipes of 📴..... I think it was mentioned that they seen glass pipes of some sort. IDK maybe bath salts or synthetic DMT. Or maybe tch free weed like non alcoholic beer.... IDK 😐 sounds way different.

[@destinyrichens1640]

Rainbow family will continue to come back to the site a footprint can not be wiped away in a day. Infact they have saved watersheds, planted indigenous plants to help erosion, they have improved even supporting some struggling wild life. Rainbow the forest rangers secret buddy for years.

[@destinyrichens1640]

What was it they were smoking??? I never experienced anything like what you described...🧐🤨🤔

[@traveldna4625]

We never did find out, but there are a lot of new drugs out there. The previous trips into the site we only smelled good ol' weed, but July 3rd was weed and something more. Not sure what is was.

[@angeladansie4378]

Possibly salvia?

[@mikeyatkins8583]

@@angeladansie4378 I'm only about ten minutes into the video so I haven't been to the part this seems to describe anyway was the smell of moth balls mentioned if so that is a good indicator that DMT was being smoked I'm gonna go pay better attention to this see if I can pin point what is being talked about now I have gotten to the point where it's being described kinda sounds like DMT was being smoked of course I wasn't at that particular spot saying that I was at my first gathering on this occasion TBH I kinda had a negative view of the Rainbow Family so with that out of the way I have to say that by attending this event many of the negative stories I've heard about the Rainbow Family Gatherings were dispelled on the other hand these types of things are gonna attract shall we say questionable characters which I have found to be true about any other group of people saying that it was a good time those people who were not able to conduct themselves in a decent manner were removed from the site pretty quickly either by the po po or someone who has been committed to the safety or well being of all the people that were there over the years all in all I found the experience to be a positive experience that I enjoyed that said if anyone wants to go to a gathering be aware that not everyone you meet is a good stand up person in my experience most of the people I met were hella cool however I have to say I did run into a lying POS that took advantage of my kindness and generosity which IMO was to the person's detriment other than that I had a wonderful time and I won't let that one person to define a good time MAGA May All Get Along

[@deadheadland]

Sounds like DMT

[@ZachAdelic612]

Definitely DMT.

[@georgeclinton3657]

"tents are ruining the environment" -people that live in mansions

[@swellrider126]

From ol clean up crew,,, ~Thanks~ for the follow up n local perspective... It's not always easy what some of those kids left behind have to endure while doing there duty to love of the Forests and also "The Rainbow Family", they can be harassed for the messes before they get a chance to finish clearing the site... I'd like to see the 6mo. and the 6 year perspective from you as well. Knowing that animal and or locals may continue using trails which are supposed to be left duffed bridges removed and all re-naturalized as best possible as far as anything we made or was left on our account is important ~Peace~

[@traveldna4625]

Thanks so much for your comment. We immensely respect the Clean Up crews, and there is not enough room in this comment to give you the credit you deserve. We did go back up this summer, and have all the footage needed for a follow up video, but just haven't had the time to put it all together yet. The clean up crews really deserve their own video - because you really are the unsung heros. Maybe we'll do one next.

[@danwebb4418]

The Indians , native americans were the true rainbow tribe, this group are playing a game.

[@mitch6406]

My friend Jacob Gray Fox Cyr was at this and went missing in June if anyone has his whereabouts his family friends and everyone else is worried about him especially his mom alert the authorities he’s alive or ... he’s got something he NEEDS to come home for

[@traveldna4625]

Sorry your friend is missing! It seems the Rainbow family uses Facebook a lot, so please post this on their Facebook pages. There are several pages for them. Hopefully someone knows something.

[@mitch6406]

@@traveldna4625 already have but thanks

[@chrism4008]

​@@mitch6406do you guys find your friend?!

[@codyserrato2646]

They found him unfortunately deceased

[@davidbacon9223]

(when i was 20), i went to a Rainbow Gathering in Lander, Wyoming 1973...... all these hippie years later, i am sick of the marijuana & drugs! it's always the same! it's all they think about! (i dumped pot, etc. decades ago!!!..... Back-to-nature or back to drugs/(back to stupid!)? all the creepy stuff shoulda been resolved years ago! :-(

[@traveldna4625]

The older people we spoke to really missed the old days too, and said smaller gatherings were more intimate and had more connection.

[@angeladansie4378]

@@traveldna4625 I agree. I started Rainbowing before directions were published on the internet. You had to run into someone, or know the phone number to get directions. Rainbow was smaller & less hard drug using street people attended. It was more peaceful, but now it reaches more people & helps many heal. The wider accessibility is a mixed blessing. But there are areas of the Gathering where you can totally avoid the drugs

[@strive2thrivive290]

You could really tell the "purists". Those that really embodied the spirit of what the rainbows, at least say they represent. They all felt like you. Really down to Earth. They were the ones that really made a difference. Positive changes. You could feel it in their vibe. Different. Cleaner energy. Better.

[@photoslum]

respectfully asking, was it ok to smoke weed and do drugs when you were young in 73?

[@davidbacon9223]

@@photoslum .....pot & drugs are a 'false messiah'

[@lucidkate]

Loved the video! Just curious if you guys ever figured out what the smell was that stuck to you guys so strongly?

[@dna1149]

Thanks for watching. We're not sure what the smell was, but where it was most prevalent we saw people with glass pipes.

[@samuel97355]

Sounds like DMT.

[@gina1952]

What's DMT?

[@aaronfogelsanger2550]

Yup, DMT, I tried it once and one bong hit and I was projected to another planet with little green men running around and I never did it again, lol

[@cjfilenius1446]

Most likely demsters dmt

[@streetlevel4996]

Also if ya dig and enjoyed this video and dig the Rainbow people and hung out with them in the Golan Heights 😀 you may also enjoy the song " Most of All " By Glenn Kaiser and Where Roses Grow Live by Rez Band Awesome songs check them out. Also I remember hearing the song by Led Zepp " In My Time of Dyin " during my drug years and made me think about death and Jesus. Then a hippy friend that dug Jesus told me more of Jesus love and forgiveness and how I could also know Jesus love. So in 1981 I cried out to Jesus and wow man He came into my life and I had and have so much joy and peace and now know that through Jesus when I die I will be with Him in Heaven. Hey Jesus loves each of you also and yall can know Him if you are at all open. Just cry out to Him and a good question to ask yourself if you were to die today would you go to heaven ? And if yes why ? To find out more please read the Gospel of John in the Bible or check out the movie on KZbin. 😀

[@labpartners3490]

Kinda wild there's always a rainbow lol

[@traveldna4625]

🌈

[@strive2thrivive290]

There really was!

[@FREE_WILL_AAHhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Unfortunately every group will have trouble makers, ..the difference is in rainbow they are shown love and a certain level of tolerance so that they grow into a person no longer troubled. As far as the locals and "authority", given time and space the tenders of the land among the rainbow people luckily there are those who care and go above and beyond to make space better than they received it even when confronted with disrespect, apprehension and assumption. Acceptance, growth, oneness, and a divine way of interaction with each other in natural ways is being thwarted by those who have sworn to protect and serve WE THE PEOPLE. They initiated violence on people who are not harming anyone. It's a shame we live in a culture with so many people who are not responsible that we feel we must hire those with heavy hands to punish them. Rainbow is going to be a unique experience because they accept all people, even those with disabilities, trauma, and abandonment with love, acceptance and tolerance. You can bet in this community that if you are a dangerous person, it's a f*** around and find out way of dealing with it. Diversity is how we can most efficiently and beyouthefully experience life....I'd feel as if I was in a prison if everyone was exactly like me.

[@aaronfogelsanger2550]

Well said....✌️

[@ApocalypseNowWithEli]

What was the substance being smoked? Not sure what the kids are doing these days but doesn’t sound good.

[@traveldna4625]

Some people in the comments were speculating, but we never did find out. Thanks for watching.

[@KarenKennedy-lq8nt]

Probably just weed being smoked! No big deal!

[@kicker6274]

They can request anything they want. They are in the public and therefore can be filmed.

[@dna1149]

True, but we had no intention of going into that many people being disrespectful.

[@angeladansie4378]

But it doesn't hurt to be respectful of people's wish for privacy.

[@WanderingBlock]

For people that love nature they sure do know how to trample all over it...

[@traveldna4625]

I think they would benefit from smaller gatherings.

[@rosa5497]

@@traveldna4625 This was one of the SMALLER gatherings!

[@vickiwalker3486]

A lot of people have twice as many feet. My impression to listening here is this was an extraordinary large gathering of mostly lovely people.

[@TAROURRTTY473]

Hello there good morning 🌄 Rainbow 🌈 family.will you guys answer my question please

[@strive2thrivive290]

I'm sorry if we missed your question. Can you restate it please?

[@gaylynnpalmer4274]

TAX FREE!!!!

[@collinmc90]

That weird smell was DMT by the way. these dudes smoke it like nothin. I'm fine with these kind of festivals but I wish they would recognize the fact that you cannot do this in a wild space with this many people. I mean just logistically it takes A LOT of coordination to pull of a festival safely with thousands of people. I also hate that they usually just turn into one large open air drug market. Which again, could be fine but the people that show up are usually really bad.

[@StevePebley-e4x]

Your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore

[@robertmcfarland3323]

Quit crying you got the whole state of colorado to camp in