“How can you smoke all day if you don’t start before breakfast?”
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Never in my life (and remember, I was a teenager in the 60’s) have I seen so much marijuana in one place. A couple of fellow rafters brought a stash of pot and hash and began using it on day one. Although we were a varied group of individuals, no one seemed to mind. Maybe it was the whole ‘Off the Grid’ situation or the fact that we were in the wilderness with no witnesses. Some did not partake, many did – although the owners of the stash were very willing to share with anyone who was interested.
Just to be crystal clear – Dustin gave the holders of the stash stern warnings about carrying and/or smoking during the trip. He reminded them that it is highly illegal in Idaho, plus we would be on federal land! However, not having authority to stop them and everyone being adults, his attitude was that if they wanted to do it, knowing the risks, it was entirely up to them.
In fact, the group that did partake, were quite funny as they got more and more stoned as the day went on, particularly in the evenings as we sat around after dinner. If you did not want to actually smoke, but wanted some benefit of the other’s activities, all you had to do was sit down wind. It was an easy, light high – not a bad way to relax.
One evening as we were sitting around a fire, I was watching one of the guys with a Tupperware bowl full of huge rolled joints. He was laying them out on a table over my right shoulder, when one of them rolled off the table and onto the ground. Remember, we were in the wilderness. Except for the little light the fire gave off, it was pitch black out there. He was so stoned, but he felt around on the ground for the joint and couldn’t find it. I saw exactly where it fell and wondered if I should help him, but I didn’t (to tell the truth, I didn’t want him to know I had been watching him). He gave up and went back to sit in the circle. A few minutes later, another rafter is behind me with a flashlight looking around on the ground. Someone says, “What are you looking for?” She says, “Nothing!” I then turn and point to the ground just beneath the edge of the table and said, “It’s on the ground, right below the edge of the table – I saw it drop. It should be right there.” She reaches down and finds it and loudly announces, “It’s okay, I found what I wasn’t looking for!”
I laughed so hard – they were really funny and quite silly, and the more they smoked (and drank, by the way) the more they laughed out loud. For some reason, it just all seemed perfectly acceptable and quite hilarious.
When one of them lit up very early one morning, someone asked, “Isn’t it a little early to start that?” The response was, “How can you smoke all day if you don’t start before breakfast?”
There was a core group of participants (but NEVER Dustin or the guides) and Michael dubbed them “The Breakfast Club”. Sorry, no pictures – I don’t want to out any of my new friends!
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