Where did you party when you were a kid?

[HC-Majick]

Barnes Hill - a dirt road in the woods, on top of a hill, in the middle of nowhere. could see cars coming up the hill, gave plenty of time to exit the scene...

Kahler road - a big pond near the local airport. we'd always get busted because the pilots would see the bonfire (and claim it interfered with their seeing the runway lights) during their approach and the airport would call the cops.

The Pipeline - a creek right off a natural gas pipeline...great for partying because there was only one way for cop cars to get in, but 100 ways to get out on foot...lol

[virgohippy]

The Shack
There used to be this great little surf shack on a secluded, stony beach. It was a great place to meet "interesting" people.

Red Rock Park
Some dirt paths, no pavement, no powerlines, lots of old hippies and a bunch of wildlife, only a few miles from the beach. A great place to "experience" nature southern California style. The park rangers are cool people too.

That Cow Place
A friend and I drove up along a high mountain road to greet the sun (my idea) and wish it a pleasant morning since we stayed up the whole night anyway. It was dark when we showed up. We fell asleep on the hood of the car. When I woke up, the sky was starting to get bright, and there were cows everywhere, just munching grass, looking at us funny. It's a great sunrise/sunset place, and the cows wander through there like clockwork. Nice and humbling.

Venice Beach
A hippie and counter-culture haven for those in the know, and those who like to pretend they're in the know. A lot of interesting folk go there to pretend they're productive members of society and do business with the normies.

The Freak's Bedroom
This is a more recent hang-out. I'm sure you know how this one works.

[T Pat]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane
Pine Mountain
The River
Corblie’s (different spot on the same river, Corblie’s dead)
Filliponi’s (different spot on the same river, Filliponi’s bald)
The Creek (unlike The River, The Creek had water year round)
The Grade (You could see the whole county from there, even where Preacher lives)
Pirates Cove (it was just turning into a nude beach back then)
Four Corners was where most of our parties started it was out in the middle of nowhere, it’s the place that James Dean ran the stop sign and was killed. There was a little mom and pop store there and if you were old enough to open the door they would gladly sell you beer.

Originally Posted by virgohippy

Venice Beach
A hippie and counter-culture haven for those in the know, and those who like to pretend they're in the know. A lot of interesting folk go there to pretend they're productive members of society and do business with the normies.

Hippy I have a Venice Beach story for ya.
In my late twenties I broke my neck, did a good job spent a total of nine and a half months in the hospital with a three month hospital break after six months. So after a year plus the Doctor’s and Therapist’s figured I was about as good as I was going to get and finale agreed to let me out of the hospital for good. I felt like a fucking freak, my left arm didn’t work, to walk I had to strap a brace on to keep my left leg locked and use a crutch. I was completely numb except for the left side of my torso and I would turn into a human vibrator over a cold breeze or a trauma to my body like falling, which I did a lot and believe me it was a bitch getting up
The only place I could think of where a freak like me could live and blend in was Venice Beach, my son and I lived in a cottage four blocks from the beach for two years. The kid calls the time “the endless summer” at first it was hell, the kid was like four and a half and wanted to go to the beach and play with all the hippy kids (children of Venice Beach residents) constantly, the ten minute walk would take like an hour, if I didn’t take a tumble. Being constantly forced to go to the beach was excellent therapy, within a year I could walk and use my left arm again and the kid and I both had ponytails.
The last year we lived in Venice Beach I had a wind chime stand on the boardwalk. every morning we would dig a giant hole with the help of every kid around in front of my stand, then when the tide came up every kid that came by would throw a fit if they couldn’t go help fight the tide (leaving their parents standing in front of my stand, to sell wind chimes to), after spending countless hours chasing the kid and his boogie board he learned to handle the ocean and surf well enough for me not to be a nervous wreck if I wasn’t in the water with him, countless hours of laying on the grass listening to the reggae music, our nightly pilgrimage to the end of the peer to watch the sunset.
Venice Beach good memories

[SheepGuy]

The Oil Factory
Named after some gnomes who cooked up very high quality hash oil there. A great spot, close to the beer store, close to home, but buried in the woods. My stepson and I grabbed a case of beer and headed out there a couple of years ago, much smaller than it used to be, bastards built apartment buildings on most of it. But the cliff I jumped off of to avoid arrest once was still there. When the cops had us all surrounded that was the only exit and I was drunk enough that it didn't hurt until the next day
Got lucky for the first second and third time there. Great memories!

[Yell]

Wow good one GG

1 - The Mud Hole
because it was a mud hole.
Patty would allways blow all the guys about fifteen of us

2 - The Ford Hills
it was behind the Ford plant

3 - The Yellow Bridge
because it was yellow and thats what where i got yell from LOL

[virgohippy]

Wow TPat... that story almost brought a tear to my eye. I think if I'd heard you say it in person I probably would have let one loose. I love “the endless summer" description. I must be feeling a bit silly right now - probably because I'm remembering all my favorite little hippie hideaways.

I bet your natural music makers were the most soothing ever.

My favorite part about Venice is the weekly drum circle. The combination of dancing goddesses, interesting aromas and hundreds of idividual voices all blending together into one collective haze of sensation just drives me wild. I don't much like being in a crowd except at a Venice beach drum circle.

Did they have 'em back when you were there?

[Linkster]

I dont think we had any special names for the party spots

Fort Reno Park - it was across the street from the high school and had lots of great wooded areas as well as a bandstage for weekend free concerts
American Univ bandstand- free concerts every weekend from people like Grateful Dead, Procul Harem, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly, James Taylor etc etc
Georgetown - basically you could party anywhere on the street as long as you shared with the cops - M St and Wisconsin Ave were the best - the head shops and poster stores were everywhere
George Washington Univ - another great party for free bands - Hendrix, Amboy Dukes (Ted Nugent) etc
Washington Monument - bandstand where Beach Boys played every 4th of July way back - it was also deemed national smoke-in day so plenty of "free-partying" for that weekend every year