They've got no permits, but they've also got no leaders -- making it impossible for the Forest Service to arrest anyone for failure to obtain permits. It's the Rainbow Gathering, 20,000 freaks strong, illegal but peaceful, taking place this year in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest northeast of Phoenix. They're cooperating with the authorities on at least one issue: No campfires in the dry forest. "We're not stupid. We know fire kills people, and we love our family," Gary Stubbs, a Rainbow from Los Angeles, told the AP.
Love, Peace, Etc.
They've got no permits, but they've also got no leaders -- making it impossible for the Forest Service to arrest anyone for failure to obtain permits. It's the Rainbow Gathering, 20,000 freaks strong, illegal but peaceful, taking place this year in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest northeast of Phoenix. They're cooperating with the authorities on at least one issue: No campfires in the dry forest. "We're not stupid. We know fire kills people, and we love our family," Gary Stubbs, a Rainbow from Los Angeles, told the AP.
