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Apogaea 2009 : Day 3 - Technicolor Goats, Xpat Aliens, Sacrifices of Virgins to the Volcano Gods

Saturday, 6th June 2009
Lake George, Colorado

Travelogue: Apogaea, Day 3 [ Apogaea - Colorado's Regional Burn, June 2009

Partying at the Crop Circle Cantina * Fawn and Kerri Anne dancing up a storm

Another morning rising early ... hanging in the hammock, enjoying the rising sun, and the multi-colored goats across the way. As Camp Chaos (Goes Capricious) with their technicolor baby goats that you could cuddle and learn about goat-raising. They threw milking lessons at 9 am and 5 pm each day so anyone could take some raw milk back to their camps to share.

Technicolor Goats

The group had another big breakfast and enjoyed catching up and social conversations as we were all pretty hungover from last night's parties. Noah wandered out in this risque' ninja turtle suit with his package hanging out ... too funny. Special Bacon breakfast up on the hill for the Apogaea newbies. In addition Mr. Mojo's had a Reggae Pancake and Bacon breakfast as well ... so no excuses for not having breakfast. Early, I started in on the painting, and I went for a half-gold, half-silver paint job for wandering around. Testing that "if you're painted solid gold you won't breathe and suffocate" myth and quite proved it to be innocent. Well, I did feel a little lightheaded, but I'm sure it was the sun and not the paint. I got to paint my youngest canvas ... a 2 year old who was very squirmy as I tried to paint straight outlines of the insect he wanted on his face. That was tough! Allison went for flames. The XPAT Alien Camp was having a rockin' party with booze aflowin' all day long. Had an incredible blast. Thank you Xpats! One of the top parties for the entire event! Hoop it Forward had their annual decorate and create your own hula-hoop workshop which I unfortunately missed as I was distracted elsewhere. Then come dark it was time for the sacrifice of the virgin to the Volcano as it opened up with ritual performances by Colorado's spectacular Fire Conclave as they spun wildly before and during the explosion of the volcano into embers ... dancing around the madness and wild partying all night long. What a blast!