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COPY EDITOR Benjamin Fordham The Emerald highlights change in the industry by bridging the gap COVER SHOT between the cannabis community and the media. The magazine intends Paul Delmont to educate and enlighten the public on social, medical and on-going GRAPHIC DESIGNER advancements, and works to establish a public tolerance and awareness as Jessica Albee Madison Rueda we move towards the age of legalization. Emerald Review COLUMNISTS Kind Bud of the Month The High life Connor Callahan, Molly Cate, Rima 26 Sex, Love and Bud. Durban Poison & OG Overlord Greer, Emily Hobelmann, Sean Jansen, 13 Dating Behind the Redwood Curtain Sherae O’Shaughnessy PHOTOGRAPHY contents Paul Delmont, Bob Doran, Sean Jansen, David Michaels, Katie Wheeler,Victoria Voss Bud & Breakfast...... 12 5 Reasons To Wear Hemp...... 24-25 Highway 36 Is Home To Humboldt’s First B&B Retreat. Columnist Rima Greer Tells Us About The Benefits Of Hemp. 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She is finishing murals on the Seascape Restaurant for the Trinidad Rancheria. There are scenes on the trash cans at the Arcata Plaza, and mosaic murals fenced along Wildwood Music and Los Bagels. There is a turnaround thick with tile art just up a few blocks from there on 12th Street. But once a person walks onto 11th Street the residence is obvious, and the turn- around will wait. Light dances here; it winks, reflected in all sorts of subtle angles. It is caught up in infinite variation by pigment and material. There, at the very beginning of the lot, arrangements of tile, found treasures, and broken bits of everything come together as a piece. They fill neat rectangles mounted on the fence, ‘948’ above the open passage in. Soft water sounds come from ponds facing the street, the sidewalk, and the south. An intricately- tiled great blue heron stands, as they will, like a statue in the water. Koi dart under lily pads as visitors step across the bridge, monkey on the railing, to the par- tially enclosed front porch. A beautifully tiled bench and walls are recessed next to the front door. Our lady loves her steampunk screen in front. Most people miss it. Well, most people miss so much here, they are so busy finding and seeing. To the west of the ponds is a driveway for a car or bikes. It unrolls pavement into Our Lady celebration, mosaic walls and statues and mountings and flowers. What was once a garage opens into the local classroom, lined with working surfaces, glitter, glam and color. Laurel Laurel Skye has tended here for just shy of 20 years, Our Lady of Broken Pieces Put Together Anew. Our Lady of Encouraging Inspiration. You will find her still, giving intentional, special touches to every square inch of everything she lives in and finds, like Skye weaving prayers, connecting, coming together. Her daughter, Marley, goddess of intricacies, lives and tends with her. She is a ents. Julie passed within writer, musician, sculptor, the week. and portraitist, all con- There are display tained behind dark lashes. shelves full of mosaic Our Lady, Laurel, is all bottles, clocks, skulls, sorts of an artist. She hats, shoes, boxes, and is a natural host and tape measures. The teacher. “I like entertain- plates, pillows, walls, ing because I like people,” blankets, portraits, Our Lady says. She is a instruments, windows, believer. “Follow your floors, appliances, own bliss and know what cremation boxes, sinks, you love to do. If you run out of rice the universe will give toilets, silverware, mirrors, shrines, purses, furniture, light you noodles.” A bit before the last mid-century she was switch plates, if you can mosaic it… Dharma the friendly born in the sign of Gemini in Chicago. Her family moved dog wanders around with a little ponytail so he can see to Hollywood soon after. She tells of a mother who sang from underneath his long hair. “There is an abundance out and a father who played sax. They met at a dance. Russia there. I truly believe everyone has the ability to make art,” and England were their backgrounds. she says. “That we just get disconnected from that river A brother who was 10 years older than her meant of energy and juices flowing constantly in this universe, so much to our Lady. He was a musician and a music that’s why I like being a teacher, because I can be a guide producer. During her youth she loved hanging out at his to reconnect you. It really isn’t about mosaics. I just throw house in Laurel Canyon, where people like Jim Morrison that in the cracks. You can start anywhere in mosaics and and Sly from Sly and the Family Stone would stop by. He go anywhere.” brought her backstage at all his shows at the Troubadour Through the front room and kitchen, past the class- and the Ash Grove, where she met countless artists. It was room entryway full of tiles, and along the hall under the a time when people wanted to be a hippie, and hippie was a mannequin, there is a deep alcove full of mosaic supplies. brand new thing to be. She loved to play guitar and sing in This is the store. When they are home it is open. “If I’m coffeehouses. Her life took a path of wonder and adventure alive, I’m open,” she says. as naturally as bees make honey. “What other way is there Our Lady of Mosiac is sought all over the world. to live?” Our Lady muses. She holds her pointer finger and Half the year is usually spent traveling. Every year they thumb a pinch of an inch away from each other in the air go to the Village in New York (their favorite place) to teach and says, “We have this much time.” And, walking into workshops, as well as Puerto Vallarta, Montreal, and a little her home, taking her classes, coming in contact with her hill town outside of Florence. They have their favorite spirit – a common person may chance to realize there is no venues for entertainment and shopping and food. Between common person. Yes, what other way is there to live? their annual workshops are all the rest of the destination People from all over the states and all over the world have workshops they are asked to do. Everywhere they go they stayed in her home. A year ago, they became an Airbnb; find regalia to add to the creations. guests come and stay in the upstairs suite, with rooms full If a visitor were to pass through the hub of the of all sorts of art and instruments and mosaic creations. house to the other side, a little-used greensheened brick The phone is a rotary dial masterpiece of mosaics. There walkway leads to the back third of the lot. Here is another, is a shrine from Brian Sprowl. Our Lady of the Tile’s book, larger pond and a few big trees. There is a sense of a piece Mosaic Renaissance, is dedicated to him. Then there is of another world set down in the middle of Arcata. That is the Diva Bowl made by Julie the Las Vegas showgirl, who how the house feels too, but from different worlds, glued passed on about two years ago. She was past 70. She had together, real estate mosaic. This part of the property found Our Lady Laurel Skye and come to stay with her nu- evades your attention, almost on purpose. Soothing, still, merous times for workshops. She called and asked Laurel quiet, let be. Just as the home is full, moving, creation and for a cremation box “for a friend”. The next day the Diva production. www.laurelskye.com Bowl was in a FedEx box on Laurel’s front step, full of pres- 10 May 2015 KushTourism.com is based out Sherae O’Shaughnessy of Washington and is the Columnist leading travel agency for DON’T! It is no secret that 1) Expect to have sex on cannabis friendly hotels, the dating pool in the first date. If it happens, vacation packages. glass Humboldt County cool. 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Consider your past transgressions and with your best friend at the of the grass has attention, this is the how you’d like a chance to prove yourself before someone jumps can eat fresh fruits, Oyster Festival. grown, and the important part. to conclusions. (above) image by David Michaels / Stock Pot Images, LLC 12 May 2015 www.theemeraldmagazine.com 13 The Photographer The Singer - Linda Stansberry - Linda Stansberry Leon Villagomez won't let us sing his praises. When speaking about his work, he often says “I am actually, against the “photographer should be invisible.” But all the odds, trying to make this my main income.” Blase Bonpane all of the Humboldt Made members he's pho- is more than a crooner, more tographed have glowing things to say about than a father, more than a music his work and his personality and, well, we teacher. He’s a Humboldt guy with a Humboldt style, and he wants to think he's the best. Originally from Guadala- infuse your big day with some big jara, Mexico, Leon earned an undergraduate groove. degree in Finance and a Masters in Adminis- tration before returning to a lifelong passion Full disclosure: Bonpane is for photography. Wedding season is the busi- also my former est time of the year for him, but he was nice highschool enough to sit down for a few minutes and music teacher, and as such give our readers his best advice about how to there might be pick the right photographer for your big day. a slight tinge Photo by Anna Villagomez of cronyism to my review. But HM: If you had to sum HM: Your work is great, but of course I know some people might want something more tradition- highschool is far behind, and up your advice about al—or something really wacky. Wedding photography has definitely changed a lot since the days when I stopped by to see Blase choosing a photogra- our grandparents posed shoulder to shoulder standing perfectly still. and the band at Redwood Curtain pher in one sentence, LV: Social media has become so important. We're showing part of our personal- a few months ago, I was knocked what would it be? ity in whatever we share, so people want to make sure they get the right shot. LV: Know what off my almost-middle-aged feet Sometimes, though, people have expectations that they get from social media by the funk throbbing across the kind of wedding dance floor. you're planning that their photographer can't meet. and what you want. You can hire HM: What do you mean? With his dark brown a good photogra- LV: Well, unfortunately, Pinterest exists. So people will see something on there eyes twinkling under his porkpie pher but they may they like and they'll ask for that, instead of finding something unique.And hat, Blase had the crowd tapping not do the kind sometimes the photographer can't deliver. The setting or the light won't be the toes and nodding as he rolled of photography out everything from classic soul you're envisioning same. And, honestly, you get what you pay for. If you hire someone for not a lot to uptown funk. He has a sweet, for your event. of money, they probably won't give you something that looks like an award- smooth voice and understated winning photograph you saw online. style on the guitar, and a wide HM: It sounds like repertoire of songs from ballads good communication is HM: How do you work around these kinds of issues with your clients? to standards to reggae to protest important. LV: My clients usually want me to do the kind of work I do best. I always say songs. You can easily imagine him LV: Yes, there that brides should appreciate the uniqueness of their wedding, not get fixated on flirting your nana onto the dance are many wed- floor. ding photography a certain way that someone else did it. styles: tradi- HM: Humboldt County is a great place do outdoor weddings, which is what a lot of couples seem to Currently Blase tional, illustra- tive, portraiture, choose. Is that a particular challenge for photographers? performs with a few different LV: I love it, but I often need some extra time to scout locations and plan photo- groups, including a “Blaze and photojournalist, Blue” (jazz) and “The P-Town fashion, etc. Mine graphs if I'm going to do something special. Any photographer you hire should Freaks” (classic funk) The group’s is photojournal- be really honest and clear about what they need to do their best job. motto is “Inner Funk from Outer ist with a touch Humboldt.” In case you were of conceptual HM: What if the bride cries during the ceremony? Can you still make it look good? wondering, P-Town stands for photography. I al- LV: Like I said, my style is that of a photojournalist. I'd rather have a photo- Petrolia, where Blase resides ways ask potential clients to look at graph that looks real. Showing the moment is more important than a “pretty” along with his lovely wife and photo. three children. Blase isn’t just a my work so they wedding singer, he’s the wedding know what to ex- HM: Well, your photos are beautiful. It seems like you really love what you do. singer, and as such his contact pect. For the most information can be found at part my clients are LV: I do. Weddings give you a story. There are a lot of emotions. 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www.theemeraldmagazine.com 23 Hemp fiber has the lowest Hemp has additional uses to lightweight muslin. It can be a shimmery charmeuse or a soft impact on the environment When the fiber is extracted, some stretchy jersey knit, by blending it is fine quality and can be used for with silk or cotton, respectively. Hemp needs no pesticides, no clothing, but the lower quality fiber herbicides, no chemical fertilizers, can be used for everything from Great Reasons to Wear Hemp Manufacturers know that folks and very moderate amounts of rope to insulation to carpet padding. buy hemp at least partly for its enviro water. It also requires less acreage In Germany, where they require properties, so if it’s blended with Rima Greer than other fibers: One acre of hemp every car manufactured to be 100% cotton, it’s universally ORGANIC produces as much fiber as 2-3 acres of recyclable, hemp fiber is used as cotton. Organic cotton doesn’t use cotton. By contrast, cotton requires soundproofing. Yes, your snazzy harmful pesticides, herbicides, or huge amounts of water, pesticides BMW’s doors are stuffed with hemp. chemical fertilizers, as conventionally and herbicides. Fifty percent of the And that hemp fiber can be recycled. grown cotton does. It’s still a bit of a world’s pesticides and herbicides are One of the most popular items in my land and water hog, but if you want used in the production of cotton. And shop is a recycled hemp fabric. It’s the softness of cotton, you can cut with climate change putting most of probably made from those very BMW down on cotton’s impact by blending the U.S. in drought conditions, we soundproofing pads. Not to mention it with hemp. Conversely, you can really have to decide how to use our the benefits we can all derive from increase hemp’s softness and drape hemp seed oil, whether you’re adding water resources. by blending it with organic cotton. it to your diet or making everything It’s kind of a match made in textile from shampoo to organic plastics heaven. Hemp is durable from it. Hemp is kind of a Wonder Find your hemp and organic Plant. It should probably be wearing Twice as durable as cotton. So if clothing at Green Living Center in you’re out hiking, rock climbing, a cape and a utility belt. Fortuna, Solutions in Arcata, and farming, or working with heavy Castlewear in Eureka. Find hemp

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people after all, and million tons of textile waste goes produced in a large variety of styles the costume department for North Coast Dance. Hemp kind of stands for into landfills every year in North and weights, from heavy canvas America alone. That’s five percent of our very special way of our landfill. When your hemp jeans Slife up here. But there are a zillion don’t wear out, that’s one less pair in “ other great reasons to wear hemp the landfill. besides proclaiming your Hum Heritage and possible recreational Hemp fields prevent topsoil loss imbibing or farming activities. and actually revitalize the soil One acre of I believe it’s also a big part of Humboldt culture to care about Unlike other crops which can hemp produces the environment. That’s why deplete topsoil of all its nutrients, hemp we have such a fabulous co-op, a is the perfect fallow crop. It leaves your plethora of farmers’ markets, and fields healthier than ever. And it’s safe as much fiber as 2-3 (I’m guessing) more organic coffee and easy to process; it doesn’t require any harsh chemicals or large amounts houses than just about anywhere of energy to extract the fibers. acres of cotton. else on the planet. And care for the environment is the first great 24 May 2015 Photo: Taken at Cannifest, in Eureka by reason to wear hemp. Madison Rueda “ www.theemeraldmagazine.com 25 The Emerald Review is a new outgoing personality. It’s super OG overlord og monthly showcase for locally- in appearance and smell, a clear The Emerald Review: sourced, high quality medicinal contrast to the muted earthy look of The Overlord OG is all business. cannabis. This edition features the Durban. It’s a knockout -- a full-figured indica flowers from Loompa Farms, a group In spite of its modest appearance, super model with a fresh, rich and of boutique growers located out the Durban has an irresistibly spicy smell -- diesel fuel with a hint Highway 299, near the Humboldt- pungent and powerful aroma. It of ginger and citrus, a sharp and Trinity county line. smells hashy and sappy, with hints of zesty shot of grapefruit with peppery honey, lemon, eucalyptus and pine. overtones, like fresh bay leaves. POT TALK Loompa Farms is an Emerald Squeezing a nug to release its aroma The aroma brings on a calm, open Triangle brand established by a is akin to catching a whiff of a freshly sensation.

community-oriented group of opened lemon-lime soda. The smell The manicure is flawless; the with Emily Hobelmann farmers. A couple of the Loompa is soothing yet captivating, heady chunky, pyramid-shaped nugs folks are volunteer firefighters. yet grounding. “It’s like being bitch- sparkle like precious gemstones.

One is a California Cannabis slapped by a tree climber with sappy And the nugs are nice and snappy. Voice Humboldt board member. hands,” one friend says. The Durban The color is a washed out, faded Loompa Farms sponsored the recent smell made another friend nostalgic lime green, a pale sage-silver green, Humboldt Homebrew Festival, a for wood shop. like the piercing eyes of the Yeti as “ fundraiser for our local chapter of The nugs marble-size and well- seen through a snow storm in the Durban Poison Engineers Without Borders. And formed. The trim job is nice, not too Trinity Alps. The cannabis is dense, Loompa Farms works with the tight. Its darker shade inspires the not that hairy and totally awash with Weed 4 Warriors Project, a group lyric, “purple mountain majesties,” trichomes. advocating for veterans to have the although the nugs aren’t purple. It has a rich musky flavor with freedom to use medicinal marijuana They are more of an army or olive hints of horse manure, mustard and ... irresistibly as an alternative to psychiatric drugs. green, very matte. And when you berries. The aftertaste is rich and Together, the members of the break a nug apart there is a glittery chocolatey. The effect is an instant pungent and Loompa Farms collective have on forest of trichomes on the inside. and powerful body high. I smoked “ the order of 150 years of cannabis It’s dense and pliable. I’d prefer a bit with a friend. After a couple hits powerful farming experience. They offer a more snap. she announced: “I feel my feet in aroma. variety of concentrates and flowers, The flavor of the Durban is a near my high heels... I have a heightened and they are active on social media, perfect balance of bitter, sweet and awareness of my body, in a sexy way.” effectively engaging in the modern spice -- it just has a slight astringent Yes, the Overlord is sexy and it’s medicinal cannabis market. Loompa edge. The taste was of lime basil, super intoxicating -- my friend and farmers actively experiment with of a much-needed gin and tonic I were incapable of voicing coherent genetics and they use modern with lime. It’s a pleasantly textured thoughts after smoking a mere technology to ensure that their composite of citrus, pine and earthy third of a joint, and we’re not rookie breeding programs produce desired botanicals. The cannabis oil came cannabis users, either. We’d gather results. Their full-sun outdoor Yeti through the joint and coated the momentum with our dialogue, and OG seed strain took 11th in the 2014 inside of my mouth, which sounds then the Overlord would knock us Emerald Cup -- that is a desired gnarly, but this was in a light and off course, much to our amusement. result. pleasant way. I found the strong Overlord high I shared a joint of the Durban with Durban Poison to be uplifting, not couch-locking. a friend and we both felt higher than It’s a good dance party, stretch normal -- the Durban is potent. Our session, feel-that-body kind of high Loompa Farms provided me conversation was quick and lively. that brings on a good night’s sleep. with Durban Poison, a classic sativa The high was cerebral and nostalgia- “It’s really good weed,” my friend that was light-depped from clone, inducing. We gabbed and swapped said. I agree. I think it’s fine cannabis

and Overlord -- the hydroponic old stories. It was an excitement and -- pretty much perfect, if you are

version of Loompa’s Underdog, eagerness to talk that thankfully down with a robust hydro OG. their prime OG Kush strain. The didn’t carry over into bedtime. “ Durban has a famous name and an Loompa’s Durban Poison is an Big thanks to the folks at Overlord og unassuming appearance -- it’s like uplifting lemon-lime-pine blast to the Loompa Farms. You can find them a warm, soft brunette with a killer past, an earthy sativa with a pleasantly online at www.loompafarms.com. intellect. The Overlord is more like exotic aroma and a functional smoke, On Instagram and Twitter: @ sexy and it’s super intoxicating a flashy platinum blonde with an a real treat for any connoisseur. LoompaFarms. “ www.theemeraldmagazine.com 27 Cross Fade Count Down Cannabis Cocktails are on the menu

Madorijuana 2 oz Weedka [veed-kuh] Weedka ------• noun 1 oz 1. Weed infused Madori Sour • vodka. Ice • Shaker • Glass • 28 May 2015 Pinky Out 29 The Canntini Marley Juice

Ingredients (right) Cannabis, hemp, or tinctures can be quite fun to experiment with. The key to any great cannabis Captain Cannabis 2 oz Weedka or Hemp Vodka cocktail is to infuse marijuana into the liquor. Dash of Olive Juice I allowed my cannabis [trim] to ferment in a vodka 1/2 oz Weedka or Martini Shaker with Ice bottle for one week prior to consuming it. You can decide for yourself how long you’d like to ferment Martini Glass Hemp Vodka your marijuana and liquor for. Once the concoction is done, you’ll taste a smooth, slightly cooled, cross-fade. 1/2 oz Pomegranate No chaser necessary. Juice Begin by deciding 1/2 oz Lemonade which bottle of liquor You can obtain the layering you’d like to use. Shot Glass • effect by pouring the Second, obtain ingredients into the shot glass cannabis leaves and infuse it with the liquor over the back of a spoon. in a bottle. Allow the cannabis to infuse in LAYERING with the liquor over- night, if not longer. • Finally, get a cheese cloth or food strainer (nylon stockings work great, ladies) and begin to pour the liquor through the strainer. Make sure you have another bottle handy for the strained liquor. SHAKING • Take a shot. You deserve it. Bloody Mary Jane

Liqu id 2 oz Ingredients Combine weedka & lime juice M Blueberry Bong a Bourbon or in a glass full of ice. Top it all ri Rye whiskey (right) ju off with a splash of club soda. a • n 1-1/2 oz Weedka or a 2 dashes Hemp Vodka 2 oz Weedka or of bitters 3 oz Clamato Tomato • 2 tsp Lemon Juice Hemp Vodka 1/2 oz 1/2Blue oz liqueur Rum Bit of Tabasco Sauce 1/2 oz Coconut rum 1 tsp sugar Worcestershire Sauce 1 oz Lime Juice Garnish: Celery 12 oz pineapple1/2 oz Midori juice • 8 Blueberry 1 splash sweet & sour Splash of water all in a Club Soda • Cocktail Glass Olives Garnish: Blueberry • Cocktail Glass Lemon Wedge HM: So, when do you let the some hors d’ouvres. done. They rely on caterer go home? But I’d never advise our expertise as I’m CC: I never abandon a couple to open the sure it is true for other anyone. There’s no cap buffet before the photo vendors such as pho- on my job description. shoot finishes. The tographers, bartenders, Generally we clean up couple should eat first, etc. I would never and pack up when the otherwise they’ll never claim to be an expert party’s done. get a chance. in a pompous way, but with many years HM: You must stay pretty HM: That’s right, they’re under my belt, I have a late sometimes! always interrupted from eat- confidence how things CC: I don’t mind. I ing by people congratulating should unfold. It’s al- really like doting on them. So would the caterer ways nice when people people and taking care be able to put aside some allow you to do that. Cassaro’s Catering of their needs. food just for them? CC: Of course! HM: What do you say to HM: Do you have advice for people who are feeling someone hiring a caterer? HM: What about menu plan- stressed out about their Interview by Linda Stansberry CC: Ask questions. ning? A lot of weddings in wedding? Ask the caterer what For the first installment of Humboldt take place in the CC: A lot of the time they’re willing to do. summer, when it’s pretty hot. I find myself saying, our event planning series, we Caterers can help with CC: Well, that definite- “It’s a process. Enjoy sat down with Chris Cassaro a lot of things you ly influences the kind the process. This day is of Cassaro’s Catering. Chris didn’t expect. of food that I prepare. going to come and go is fondly remembered by at We’re really blessed to so fast, it’s just going HM: Do you have any advice have so much locally to happen and you’re least one visiting film crew for weddings in general? produced food here, going to wonder what as “the towel lady.” When Have you seen any wedding and that’s really been a it was all for.” Cassaro’s catered a shoot in disasters? trend I’m seeing with CC: (laughs) No, no Redwood National Park she clients. They want HM: That’s very soothing. wedding disasters! I things that are local CC: I aim to please. had a supply of warm lemon- would say that some and organic. I’m lucky grass-infused towels on hand clients have such a that there are so many to give to the chilly crew. The stringent timeline— local vendors that can down to the second— towels were a big hit and so get me what I need. I that they’re setting can do pretty much any Do you have more was Chris. Little details like themselves up for fail- kind of food, including questions for Chris? that, she says, make a big ure. It’s important to special dietary needs, Check out Cassaro’s impression. Chris has been in have some flexibility. as long as the client Catering website, Changes always come the business for over twelve lets me know what Cassaroscatering. about and you have to they need. years and, with the help of modify your actions. com. a crew composed mostly of HM: So you haven’t had any family members, caters to HM: What about meal time? crazy, demanding clients? Do you need help There’s always that lag a lot of local weddings and CC: You mean like planning your big between when the ceremony that show Bridezilla? event this event company parties. On the day ends and when the meal be- No, I’ve never had a season? Let us know we met she was nice enough gins because the photo shoot Bridezilla situation. who Humboldt Made to bring us this lovely salad takes forever. Part of the job is antici- CC: Time of day is a should interview and a couple of Mason jars pating people’s needs. big thing. If the cer- I’m happy to accom- next! of her delicious homemade emony is around lunch modate people. I have salad dressing. We quizzed or dinnertime people always been impressed Email might be really hungry. her on behalf of all of you how my clients trust jodie@humboldt Maybe you can serve that we will get the job planning your big day. made.com 32 May 2015 www.theemeraldmagazine.com 33 How It All Got Started

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MRF | about and for the community where you live,” explained Founding Artistic 25th mad river festival Director Joan Schirle. Dell’Arte has Blue Lake’s Dell’Arte Inter- gerated musical. It was performed on rbel, about a fictional town where been producing such work since its national has been called “The artistic the original outdoor stage, funded by the decline of the timber industry first eco-thriller and touring success, gem of Humboldt County,” bringing a donation from the Rooney family. It has brought hard times and family Intrigue At Ah-Pah. The MRF became original entertainment to local, na- was hand-built by the actors and tech- drama to the Dugans of Korbel—the the primary place for the company to tional and international audiences for nicians of the Dell’Arte Company who, brothers, Tommy and Terry, and their develop its original local plays, like 40 years! As one of a handful of rural, under the direction of actor Donald mother, Dorothy. When presented at Wild Card (2002) and Wild Card 1.5 professional ensemble theatres in the Forrest, poured piers, nailed planks, the 1993 MRF, Korbel: The Funeral (2003) by Producing Artistic Director United States, Dell’Arte is internation- and re-graded the backyard with re- was an instant hit. The family’s down- Michael Fields, imagining the possible ally recognized for its unique contri- cycled concrete to allow for more vis- turns echoed the region’s economic impacts of the casino then under con- bution to American theatre and is ibility for the audience. decline--from jobs lost through mill struction on the Blue Lake Rancheria. proud to call Humboldt home! In 1991, Hill figured if one closings to their inability to pay the Another example was Schirle’s script 2015 marks the 25th anniver- melodrama was popular, maybe more electric bill—familiar enough to local for Shotgun Wedding (2000)-- a Mo- sary of Dell’Arte’s annual summer would be merrier. So she proposed a audiences that they not only laughed liere one-act updated to Korbel with Mad River Festival, which began as festival of original melodramas based at the comic Dugans but empathized Fields’ character Tommy Dugan stuck a festival of local, community-made on local history, created by local com- with their plight. The Dugan family of in the middle of a nest of local poli- plays and grew over time to include munities and with assistance from Korbel achieved iconic status through ticians, sidewalk philosophers, and a international companies like Brazil’s Dell’Arte artists via acting and writing another four episodes—The Wedding family of rural con-artists. Continued Lume Teatro, popular favorites like workshops. Willow Creek developed (1995), The Birth (1996), The Accident Schirle, “Our summer festival evolved Los Payasos Mendigos, as well as The Poison Oak Club, about the failed (2008), and 2014’s The Secret, by Lau- to become a place where we could Dell’Arte’s signature ‘theatre of place’ attempts of the FBI to infiltrate a sup- ren Wilson. hold up a mirror to our own commu- original productions. posed local ‘communist cell.’ Redway The Korbel series typifies nity and our own lives here, and cre- contributed a play by local author Ray EARLY YEARS Raphael about the founder of the State The Mad River Festival was first con- of California: Floundering Father— Mad River Festival 2014 ceived by Dell’Arte’s co-founder, Jane and Mother Too! An Evening with Hill, who in 1989 staged Barry Ma- John and Jessie Fremont, with actors at the opening night of nilow’s The Drunkard, based on the from Redway’s Pure Schmint Players, world-famous melodrama by W.H.S. directed by Hill. “A cause for celebra- Korbel V: The Secret in Smith. Singer-songwriter Manilow tion … a wickedly clever script” used audience participation to spoof – Eureka Times-Standard Dell’Arte’s Rooney 19th-century melodrama in this rol- licking version. The show transported THEATRE OF PLACE Amphitheater. audiences to an infinitely less subtle In 1992 the Dell’Arte Company wrote day in this deliciously coy and exag- its first Humboldt soap opera, Ko- Photo by Janessa Johnsrude. Mary Jane: The Musical 2012 Photo by Carol Eckstein www.theemeraldmagazine.com 35 FESTIVAL VENUES cabaret, a week of local music with The initial seasons of the the Humboldt Folklife festival, and MRF comprised mainly outdoor work, more. Dell’Arte International contin- and audiences loved the open space ues to present the work of talented of Rooney Amphitheatre, spread- alumni from around the world, aided ing their blankets or camp chairs on by a fellowship from the family of late the ground and enjoying picnics or alumna Nancy Jacobs Lafrenz. Find your freedom! Dell’Arte’s food concession and full The 2015 Mad River Festival begins bar. When surveyed, audiences over- up in smoke with The Dell’Arte Com- ate plays that had bigger casts and a whelmingly voiced their preference pany’s original fan-favorite Mary different local bent than our touring for the grass seating, instead of the Jane: The Musical III. The Queen The MRF Pageant in 2004 with the Carpet Bag Brigade and Anson Smith in Blue Lake. work.” original plan that called for Greek the- of the Emerald Ball and first gen- atre-style bench seating. In 2014, the eration grower Mary Jane, played by “Around the World Week: International Per- amphitheatre was expanded to double Dell’Arte’s Founding Artistic Director INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR formances” welcomes talent from Japan to its grassy area and a big-top tent was Joan Schirle, is back blazing up the It was the Dell’Arte Company’s inter- San Francisco in a 7-day performance ex- purchased to add yet another venue to stage along with a cast of 14 singers, national touring work that brought to travaganza featuring family shows, musical the expanding festival. actors and musicians. MJM III runs their attention some ensembles they shows, readings and tent shows. In addition Natural Fabrics * Classes * Organics Over a decade ago, indoor June 18 –July 5 The original MJM, thought would delight Humboldt to marking the Mad River Festival’s 25th shows became part of the MRF, which Sewing Machine Service audiences. In 2000 the Festival pre- year, 2015 also marks the 40th anniversary of allowed for dramatic, more intimate sented the American debut of Brazil’s the Dell’Arte International School of Physi- Custom Fabric Printing, and more… productions, as well as the annual Lume Teatro, in both a lively street cal Theatre. July 5 - 11 is homecoming week sell-out Red Light in Blue Lake late- show and a virtuoso clown show, Cra- for DAI alumni, former staff, and faculty, 412 2nd Street between E&F in Old Town Eureka night adult cabaret, featuring local vo, Liria y Rosa (Carnations, Lilies & with a grand reunion celebration with per- www.eurekafabrics.com musicians, Dell’Arte Company actors, Roses). Ensembles from Sweden, Den- formances, workshops and reflections back alumni, and sometimes local bur- mark, Canada, and Australia have also Janessa Johnsrude. on the years. DAI will be releasing a limited lesque troupes. In partnership with been presented at the MRF, as well as number of tickets to the public for several the City of Blue Lake’s Annie & Mary many repeat performances by those July 6 -11 shows. Check www.dellarte.com HealthSPORT Day celebration, Dell’Arte staged sev- 2014 Mad River Festival. The Blue Lake Rising Grant ‘Spaniards in Spandex,’ the hilarious Parade blessing of the center universe. Photo by for a full roster of events, including the Red Work Hard Healthy. Fit. You. eral “Blue Lake Pageants” that includ- Los Payasos Mendigos. Members of Light adult cabaret, family shows, and the Get Results ed a parade and spectacle traveling developed and directed by festival this comic acro quartet—all Ameri- week of music from the Humboldt Folklife from Perigot Park to the street in front producer Fields, premiered in 2011 to No Crying Try CrossFit cans-- began as local favorites (three Festival. Sat. Dec 20th were graduates of Dell’Arte School) of the Odd Fellows building. A con- sold-out crowds, quickly becoming tinuing MRF partner is the Humboldt Dell’Arte’s hottest selling and highest- 10-11am and parlayed their popularity into two THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS! Folklife Society, which has held its an- grossing show on record. Due to pop- international tours. For the ‘94 MRF, The Mad River Festival would never have All Fitness nual one-week festival in Dell’Arte’s ular demand, the Prima Donna a la Levels Welcome they even presided over a mortgage- been possible without the Blue Lake com- backyard since 2004. Ganja and superstars of sativa lit up a burning party for Dell’Arte’s Odd Fel- munity plus generous support from local reprise in 2012 with Mary Jane the Mu- lows building; for another they creat- businesses, among them Pierson Building 2015 sical II: The Diva Returns. Now that ed an ambitious comic version of Don Center, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, TThis year’s 25th anniversary festival Humboldt’s cannabis culture is more Quixote. Wildberries Marketplace, Stephany Joy of is a true celebration of the festival’s visible than ever and states’ debates on Mad River Festival audiences RE/MAX Reality, KIEM TV and many, many Finish It commitment to bring one-of-a-kind legalization are national news, Mary love comedy and it has never been others. A list of 2015 festival sponsors can be Anyway performances from ‘around the world Jane is back to light up the current in short supply. Through 25 years the found at www.dellarte.com The MRF is also and down the block’ to the sunny city scene, with original songs from a doz- popularity of clown and vaudeville supported by the National Endowment for of Blue Lake. The 2015 MRF offers a en local composers. MJM is a unique has produced some zany revues plus the Arts and the California Arts Council. wild treatments of great classic com- multitude of performances including musical event, part concert, part show, original Dell’Arte Company work, a and reflects the broad spectrum of our edies like Moliere’s Tartuffe, Goldoni’s June 18 – July 19. Tickets online or at our week of international theatre, a fam- community’s attitudes, beliefs, fears, ARCATA The Coffee House, and Shakespeare’s Box Office: (707) 668-5663 x 20. 300 Martin Luther King Jr Way ily big-top series, an experimental the- hopes and dreams about the herb. 707-822-3488 HEALTHSPORT.COM The Comedy of Errors in 2013. See you at the 25th! atrical laboratory, a saucy late night 36 May 2015 www.theemeraldmagazine.com 37 and tonics out of medicinal M A G A Z I N E My Journey: grew up in the 60’s and As a bonus I no small amount on the black I came of age in the 70’s longer needed to take liver- market for her to try. I plants. Promote your business with us. on the beach in Southern damaging Midol for men- rolled a joint and we sat in Would I encourage A Life Gone to Pot California. Drugs were no strual cramps, but did not the garden, passing it back parents to help their chil- Next Deadline: May 25 stranger to the cultural en- realize how badly I actually and forth. dren with Cannabis? Yes I Sharon Letts vironment, with drinking needed it for emotional is- My daughter was a would, and do often. It’s a Advertising Rates being the social norm of the sues until menstruation straight A student, an All- harmless herb, albeit for day. At times our home was turned to menopause in my Star softball player, and a the strength of the THC, as low as $50/month one big cocktail party, but 50’s. D.A.R.E. kid. She wasn’t in- but that fades with time as thankfully, alcohol wasn’t When I became terested in drugs at all and the patient gets used to its Full Color a draw for me. Nor was to- pregnant with my daugh- did not enjoy the euphoric effect. And just as we as a Graphic Design bacco at 13, mushrooms at ter in the late 80’s I stopped feeling from the THC. That species have upped the Humboldt, Del Norte Trinity & Mendocino 15, acid and assorted uppers smoking the herb altogeth- afternoon we spent a full THC count through hybrid- three hours thrift shopping ization, we are now bring- Counties and downers at 16, or co- er, thinking it was the re- caine at 19. I was and am a sponsible thing to do. This until the effects wore off. ing it back down again, TheEmeraldMagazine.com pot smoker, period. decision was not based on That night I made with CBD-rich strains more 707.825.0877 The first time I the benefits of the herb at her a cup of tea before bed, readily available, and good medicine to ingest being [email protected] smoked a joint was in the all, but on the stigma of the hoping she could just go to wee hours of the morning day. sleep and get the benefits made all over the world. in a gas station bathroom When my daugh- of the plant as she slept, I’m sorry I could with my sister and a friend ter was an adolescent I lied but again, she did not like not help my daughter at on our way to high school. to her about my past use, the psychoactive effects of the time, but grateful her It was 1975, I was 16, and thinking it would give her the THC, which is activated ailment brought the herb when that bathroom door permission to use drugs – with heat. back into my life. Since opened it was as if I was see- a common belief held by If I had known then this old stoner has ing the world with different fellow moms at the time. about juicing leaf with no learned a few new tricks eyes - with my third eye ful- When California State psychoactive properties about the ancient herb that ly opened for the first time. Proposition 215 was on the I would have made her a turned my life around at 50. Up until then school had ballot in 1996 I voted for smoothie, or cut some leaf From recreation to medi- been difficult for me. An it and was happy it passed, up for a salad – as she was cine, that’s the story of undiagnosed processing but didn’t rush out to get a used to eating from the cannabis in my life. Who problem went unchecked card. garden. But that was more knew a stoner from the 70’s as I appeared to be a good Throughout my than 10 years ago and non- would be helped so much? student, but could barely daughter’s life I’d partake if psychoactive deliveries Stay tuned for more shar- pull a C in most classes. it were offered at a party or weren’t commonly known ing, caring, and loving the After smoking cannabis I friend’s house, but I never or shared at that time. herb. For this Cannabis did better in school, as my kept any in the house. It Today my daughter has Evangelist is ready to puff, concentration improved wasn’t until my daughter overcome her ailments puff and pass some pretty drastically. It was as if I was was 16 that the herb came and is a nurse, helping oth- dank knowledge. ADD and weed was my Rit- back into my life in a posi- ers. Her first degree was alin. I began reading like tive way. She had been diag- in Plant Sciences and she Writer Sharon Letts was raised in Southern an alphabet-hungry ani- nosed with fibromyalgia at has a good understanding California and now lives in Humboldt County. Her work can be found internationally in mal, wrote haiku and poet- 13 and had suffered terribly of homeopathic medicine, magazines advocating for Cannabis as good ry, and was first published when a friend acquired a making her own tinctures medicine. 38 May 2015 at 19. www.theemeraldmagazine.com 39 Emerald Book Review to demonize pot. He and newspaper where almost all cannabis research is Commission on Marihuana and Drug owner William Randolph Hearst bor- still banned. Tetrahydrocannabinol, Abuse, the Shafer Commission, found Smoke Signals rowed the Mexican nickname mari- THC, the psychoactive component no evidence that cannabis use caused juana (Mary Jane) to link pot to those in the plant, was first isolated by Is- By Molly Cate physical or psychological harm. They Cannabis Columnist scary brown and black people lead- raeli chemist Raphael Mechoulam in recommended removing all crimi- ing “our” white youth down the road the 1960s. Researchers in Europe and nal penalties for personal use. Nix- to ruin. They were so effective that Israel continually find a great many on rejected the commission report most people still use the word rather health benefits. Most exciting have entirely. Lee includes quotes from than the plant’s botanical name, can- been lab and clinical studies find- Oval Office audiotapes that make it nabis. ing that cannabis actually protects clear Nixon was fighting a cultural The Best Chapter Three onward the the brain from injury. Here we come and race war more than a drug war. pace of the book fans out like a river back around to two-year-old Cash Perhaps saddest of all and definitely delta, allowing Lee to unhurriedly Hyde, mentioned above. Treatments most ironic was Nixon’s use of Elvis unfold the sorry history of fear, de- for his malignant brain tumor were Presley as his star anti-drug spokes- ception and distortion from 1960 to killing him. In desperation his dad person. Presley’s body was awash in nearly the present day. With humor, started slipping a cannabis oil extract dangerous psychoactive pharmaceu- clear writing and moral indignation, into the boy’s feeding tube without ticals at the time, as we all found out Lee chronicles the scientific, medi- telling the doctors. Within two weeks later. Also during the Nixon era, Dr. on cal and recreational struggles over the child was eating and playing Tod Mikuriya began his crusade for cannabis use. We meet heroes of the again, to the doctors’ astonishment. medical cannabis use and research. broad legalization movement such Children with supposedly untreat- You’ll find Dr. Tod’s list of medical as Jack Herer, whose 1985 book The able epilepsy also respond well to conditions effectively treated with The United States Emperor Wears No Clothes told the cannabis treatment, so much gentler cannabis in an appendix at the back, lost history of hemp; Dr. Tod Mikuri- than standard pharmaceuticals. part of the book’s full documentation ya, physician advocate and co-author Of course, Smoke Signals - index, notes and bibliography, even of Prop. 215; Brownie Mary, the San is full of decades worth of political the full text of Prop. 215. Book Francisco elder who distributed thou- maneuvering too. We have President Decade by decade, Lee History of Marijuana sands of homemade pot brownies Richard Nixon to thank for the il- chronicles the targeting of cannabis to cancer and AIDS patients; and 90 logical and still internationally em- and its users as representatives of a Welcome to our new cannabis book column! With so many states (and the District of Columbia) passing medical marijuana laws, decriminalizing or even legalizing year old World War Two vet and ‘gan- barrassing pharmacological ranking supposedly un-American mindset. the stuff, we thought to provide some guidance and information about this rapidly changing social scene. So, check in here each month for reviews, information on advocacy and counter-advocacy groups and even culinary tips. Yes, cooking with cannabis. In fact, it can be good for what ails you as ‘215 card’ holders can attest. ja geezer’ Joe Schwartz in his SoCal of cannabis as Schedule I, meaning Perhaps now that so many of us 1960s We begin with the review of a primo book on the topic. retirement home. dangerous and utterly without medi- counterculture types are in our 60s Smoke Signals is especially cal benefit, right next to heroin. Even a social and political amnesty is pos- strong in exploring spectacular sci- Nixon’s advisors knew this was incor- sible. This marvel of a book is a great the youngest cannabis patient in In the first two chapters, entific insights from research around rect. In fact, in 1972 Nixon’s hand- contribution to that idea. Winner of the 2012 Duke America, this gem of a book compre- author Martin A. Lee succinctly re- the world, not including the U.S. picked hard-liners on the National Award for Excellence in Botanical hensively brings to life all aspects of counts the global history of cannabis Literature, Smoke Signals: A So- cannabis with the exception of indus- up to the 1960s, from archaeological cial History of Marijuana – Medical, trial hemp, which is mentioned but finds (cannabis has been an essential Recreational and Scientific is by far not exhaustively covered. That limi- plant in human use for millennia) to the best book I’ve yet found on the tation may be forgiven, since it keeps the Beat Poets of the 1950s. I found history of cannabis in the United the book to about 400 pages and un- several eye openers. Here’s a startling States. From the engaging drawl of der $20 in cost. Throughout Smoke example: New York Mayor Fiorello Texas police detective Howard Wool- Signals you will find cutting edge La Guardia’s 1944 commission which ridge traveling the USA on his horse research, gripping, poignant per- debunked every “voodoo pharmacol- Misty wearing a T-shirt emblazoned sonal stories and heroes and villains ogy” claim from Federal Bureau of with the message “Cops Say Legalize enough to fill a megastore worth of Narcotics commissioner Harry An- Drugs. Ask Me Why,” to two-year-old comic books. But these heroes and slinger, a man who was not above brain cancer patient Cash Hyde, then villains are real. playing the race card in his quest 40 May 2015 W www.theemeraldmagazine.com 41 by Connor Challahan WE GOT GAME. WANNA PLAY? BEAR RIVER CASINO HOTEL Spring Time 1 FREE ENTRY EVERY MONDAY! Push There is an old saying in the growing community, WIN A NEW “You can’t come back from a bad start.”

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As not floating. season, but especially in plants in June there will the season progresses the springtime when plant not be a healthy harvest different challenges present themselves, but these are Follow Connor every issues that will be covered month as he guides us iPhone App: FrWeed in subsequent articles. For through the season with his now there is a lot of work series of gardening tips. FrWeed is an Apple smart- example, the effects of AK-47 are, to choose a sub category. For Me- to do, so all you demon Phone App Review > phone app that helps connect “Felt immediately with a strong dicinal Uses the sub categories are patients to certain strains of ma- cerebral high followed later by Digestive System, Diseases, Neuro- growers (just kidding) get juana. FrWeed is free to download a good body buzz that comes on logical, Psychological etc. For the out there and till some soil, and has several helpful features gradually. The strain has a long- Activities option the subcategories that include listing over 100 com- lasting high that ranges anywhere are Art, Eating, Creative, Musical, plant some plants and get Do you have any gardening mon strains. from 1.5 hours to 2 hours.” FrWeed Party etc. After selecting a subcat- it on because you have a questions for Connor? Under the “strains” tab the app lists provides a picture of each strain egory the app lists the strains best long season ahead of you. Send him an E-mail at the Sativa and Indica percentages, and allows users to take personal suited for your desire. and provides background informa- notes on the app. For all you non-marijuana Garden@ tion like the number of days in the Next to the strains button is an icon On a scale of 1 - 10, the Emerald growers, make your way to theemeraldmagazine.com strains flowering cycle, origins, titled “Uses.” Once clicked, the app rates FrWeed as an 8 for it’s overall smell and medicinal uses. allows you to choose “Medicinal appearance, information, and the local farmers’ market The app also informs users about Uses” or “Activities.” After select- functionality. each particular strain’s effects. For ing an option the app allows you www.theemeraldmagazine.com 45 Opinion Column In My Humboldt Opinion... Many fear the legalization of marijuana for a number of reasons. Q:What are our elected representatives doing to ensure that growing marijuana will be feasible in Humboldt County once legalization occurs?

here was a recent this economy and I’m going It remains to be known if My final point to make meeting of the to outline a few things that the State will approve fields is that the Planning and T minds at the Univer- can be done so that once le- used for food production to Zoning commission should sity of California Los Ange- galization occurs, Humboldt be used for marijuana pro- invest time in preparing for les (UCLA) hosted by our Lt. growers can do what they do duction, especially when so legalization. For instance, Governor Gavin Newsom in best - produce the world’s many lay fallow due to the establishing a basic criteria regards to the pending legal- best herb and keep our local drought. Since the closure for what will be ideal loca- ization of marijuana in the economy rolling. of two pulp mills, Hum- tions for marijuana related state of California. Based on boldt only uses only 12 mil- businesses. This will speed polling data it is likely that An obvious move to be lion gallons of the 75 mil- up the investment process in 2016 some kind of legisla- made is to trademark goods lion gallon per day of water for entrepreneurs as they tion will be passed by voter’s from Humboldt County. It is right it currently possesses can evaluate real estate to legalize and regulate the important to establish and on the mad river water shed based on such criteria and marijuana industry as a protect the brand from a le- (Times-Standard). While know whether it would be whole. How our local rep- approved for marijuana re- resentatives in Humboldt “Legalization is a gift wrapped lated activity or not. The handle that will determine opportunity for this economy” same goes for out door grow © ALICIA J. ROSE our place at the table when spaces. Which watersheds it occurs. I think every rea- gal stand point. Humboldt some may see coincidence, will likely be approved or sonable minded person growers have worked dili- I see provenance. Humboldt disapproved for agricul- wants to see regulation in gently to establish a brand County Officials could eas- tural activity? What will be regards to growers here in of high grade marijuana the ily re-purpose this water for adequate water storage for our back yard, and that in- world over. Only marijuana marijuana production. The growers? cludes growers themselves. grown in Humboldt should only issue in the short term Many farmers shell out in be allowed to invoke the is that because Humboldt is By taking a pro-active ap- excess of $250,000 a year Humboldt name on their not using the full extent of proach and working on be- on expenses and would like label. its water right the state could half of the local growers and to do that with out the fear allocate the leftover 63 mil- entrepreneurs in the mari- of getting CAMPed or their Water, a critical issue for lion gallons to a different juana industry, Humboldt’s private property invaded years to come was also men- district at any time. With the economy will continue to and seized by the local Drug tioned during the forum in current state of the drought flourish post-legalization. Task Force. Los Angeles. Where will this is not an unlikely action Thus ensuring that when this water intensive canna- the state might take against the ball gets rolling, it’s My only concern is that bis crop be grown, and does Humboldt County. In my mostly Humboldt weed that our Humboldt representa- it mean California grows opinion, it’s imperative that get’s rolled up. © LUISA RUPENIAN © JOSH CHASTEK © ALICIA J. ROSE © YVETTE DAVIS tives may drop the ball and less produce for it to hap- county officials find a way of STOCK POT IMAGES fail to take a pro-active ap- pen? The valley grows over retaining its rights. - Connor Callahan proach. Legalization is a gift 8% of the U.S.’s produce in THE FIRST CANNABIS-RELATED STOCK PHOTO AGENCY wrapped opportunity for terms of agricultural value. TO OFFER THE REAL FACES AND COMMUNITIES OF CANNABIS STOCKPOTIMAGES.COM 46 We want to hear what you have to say. Send your questions and opinions to [email protected] The wind began to have a low for the nighttime THE TRIP pick up slightly, luckily for me of around 32 degrees. How- however, the wind was at my ever, as the sun began to set back and therefore was push- and the whiskey and beers T R A V E L S ing me down the river for the around the campfire began to most part. I would occasion- do there charm, my friend and ally come across a shallow sec- I had little notice of what was tion where my fin would drag to happen. When we ran out of along the rocks of the riverbed booze and the exhaustion of and try its best to launch me paddling and fly-fishing told forward off of my board and us to go to bed, we put the into the water. I was wearing campfire out, and crawled into what is known in the fishing our tents. world as waders, which keep I remember walking you completely dry while away from the fire and notic- standing in the water fishing. ing that it was cold, but didn’t However, if I was to fall in realize what the actual tem- RIVER RAT head first, water could simply perature was. I had some beers Madison River rush in from the top, fill up and whiskey so my thought Sean Jansen • Travel Columnist the waders, and drowned me. process was slower than usu- So needless to say, when I hit ally, but as I was unzipping my a shallow section of the river, I tent to crawl into it, it wouldn’t When you are used to being Now I completed a first suc- Then the very next day, it was minus went onto my knees and held open because of a very thick around the ocean your whole life, it cessful trip to Yellowstone National three with 25-knot winds. So to see on until the section was up. layer of ice that decided to nes- is obvious that it stays with you and Park with ease and success doing a three-day forecast with 55-degree I arrived surprisingly tle on my tent. And as I turned you constantly think about it when the same idea, on a lake from point weather with sun and little wind was fast, however I was relieved my headlamp on, I couldn’t you are away from it. However, be- A to point B and back again. But a something to get excited about, but for the days are rather short, even recognize the color of the ing away from the things you love river however, raises its own compli- also to raise the caution flag when and there were certain sections tent from the amount of ice on can sometimes be the biggest bless- cations and hurtles that need to be appropriate. of the river that were braided. it. So I broke the ice shelf off ing, it can also be extremely difficult jumped over. Like A to B and back So I set off at about eight Meaning, the river split into of my zipper and crawled into to find happiness and to be creative again for example, you can’t really in the morning and began taking different sections and tribu- my 0 degree rated, very expen- with that happiness. do that on a flowing river unless you in the steady flow of the clear wa- taries were everywhere. So if sive sleeping bag that is aptly Living in Montana is amaz- find joy in paddling against a river ter watching trout scatter below my I were to take a wrong path named the, “Snow Shoe.” ing, but like I said, for me growing back to your car however far you board and eagles flying overhead. down the wrong section of riv- However, the. “Snow up in California then moving here, it floated. Or shallowness and rocks, a It was slightly overcast, which sur- er, I would lose my friends ve- Shoe,” for certain did not live is difficult to find activities with the lake has depth, a river not. And rap- prisingly enough, makes for some hicle support and would have up to its name. Either my same relativity to what I am used to ids, they posses there own challeng- better fishing than during direct no idea where to meet up if he sleeping bag and sleeping pad, growing up. Bringing my SUP up es. While watching kayaks dance sunlight during the springtime. So couldn’t find me. There was no and tent were all defective, or here is what makes living here toler- through a section of rapids with joy, simply floating and taking in what cell service. So I was thrilled it was so cold that the equip- able. Nothing against Montana and I does not mean at all that me on an is the beauty of Montana, and stop- and relived to have floated ment decided that even they have no desire to thrash the state by SUP with camping, camera, and fly ping on an island or good bank with that section of river safely. But, were cold. So with drunken any means, it is just difficult to com- fishing gear strapped to it will have a deep hole to fish, the ten-mile it raised some more plans to mumbles coming from Adri- prehend coming from where I grew the same outcome. stretch I chose came to go by much do longer sections of the river an’s tent going something up. But with that tolerance comes The weather in Montana is faster than I initially anticipated. I and to be able to do multi-day like, “SSShhhhaaaawwwww,” creativity, and with creativity there’s nothing short of unpredictable. Es- somehow, ended up doing the first trips down it. I could tell he was simply so adventure. pecially in spring. We had days in five miles within two hours of float- As I said, the weather cold that he couldn’t even say February that were 60 plus degrees ing. forecast was to predict 50 plus my name. His gear was less with sun and not an ounce of wind. degree-days with sun and to rated in temperature than 48 May 2015 315 P Street Eureka, CA 95501 Direct Line: 707.476.0435 mine so I knew he was colder than me. So we had no We boiled water from the river to drink and to THE MOST LISTINGS & SALES IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY choice really other than to grab our sleeping bags, and make our Mountain House breakfasts and coffee’s with, The Experience, Knowledge & Professionalism to Make Your Dreams Come True run to the car and blast the heater. and thawed our bones to get ready for another epic day of I walked over to my tent and was immediately fly-fishing. With a morning beer, which were surprisingly grateful at our choice to sleep in the car. I unzipped my cold, and a splash of whiskey in our coffees, we packed up tent, and inside my sleeping pad and the entire inside camp, set up our rods and hit the river. I caught a few fish lining of the rain fly was covered in ice. 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