Robin in North Stickerville
For us old-time players in the Northwest, the word "Weiser" (more specifically, The National Old Time Fiddle Contest and Festival held in Weiser, Idaho) has near magical implications. It's the gateway to summer, a place where those of us who live west of the Cascade Range see sky for the first time of the year, where trance-like jams seem to last for days or at least until the sun rises, where the sun cruelly toys with you as if you're an ant under a magnifying glass and the occasional windstorm launches porta potties and tents into the air, a place where the only measure of time is the number of times you've heard "Late for the Dance" or "Lost Indian." Stickerville produces hundreds of legends and holds our imaginations captive for the rest of the year that we're not there.
This year we rented our friend's work van, a Sprinter, and piled in. It was Robin's first Weiser, and we were all excited to get out there. As it's been the last few years, work schedules allow just an extended weekend, but those three days haven't yet failed to deliver the full experience of big sky, clear air full of fiddle tunes, good company, and good whiskey. We saw the owls this year but as far as I know, no one got stuck by a goathead sticker from the puncture vines. It's beginning to look nice and green out at Stickerville, not so many stickers anymore. Should we change the name of the old time camp spot to "golf green meadow?"
This year we rented our friend's work van, a Sprinter, and piled in. It was Robin's first Weiser, and we were all excited to get out there. As it's been the last few years, work schedules allow just an extended weekend, but those three days haven't yet failed to deliver the full experience of big sky, clear air full of fiddle tunes, good company, and good whiskey. We saw the owls this year but as far as I know, no one got stuck by a goathead sticker from the puncture vines. It's beginning to look nice and green out at Stickerville, not so many stickers anymore. Should we change the name of the old time camp spot to "golf green meadow?"
