cam and i drove up to Basecamp (30 miles east of Ketchum up over Trail Creek pass) on friday night. hung out with Mati and RU and slept like babies in a yurt being steadily hit by rain all night. woke up to sunshine and amazing fall colors
saturday morning. ate some breakfast. then hung out in the wood stove-powered hot tub and took in the scenery. in doing so we eyed a hike across the way that we decided to embark on. about an hour later, as we were about to undertake this mini adventure, Cam was taken out by a horny dog (Cuz) chasing another dog (Camas). Cuz slammed into the outside of Cam's left knee. at first seemed like no big deal, but Cam soon turned pale and was obviously in pain and concerned about the damage. after giving him about 40min to gather himself and assess the situation, we decided to cruise him back into town to go to the emergency room and have it checked out. what a freak accident!
by 5pm we had Cam in a new knee brace, an MRI scheduled for monday, a pizza, and Lisa and our friend Tyson loaded up in the van and headed back up to Basecamp in high spirits. the fall colors are incredible around here right now, and this area of Idaho was new to me and some of the most beautiful country i've ever seen. and there's a lot in Idaho that already astounds me, so that's saying a lot. we were even treated to a rainbow on the way back up...
BASECAMP
a nice little crew made it up for the evening. the event was mostly a birthday party for RU and for another friend Ric. a Libran Hoopla!! we had a family dinner together in the main yurt and hung out by the fire as the sky cleared and a starry starry night in true Idaho fashion opened up above us. there were 12 of us. RU, Mati, Ric, Tibby, Jocelyn, Luce, Willow, Tyson, Lindsay and us. it was awesome.
at some point it was decided that we should indeed play to properly kick our tour off. and that we should do so in the main yurt where it would be warm. we setup our more minimal and quiet ensemble. sang happy birthday to RU and Ric, and then celebrated with a big family dance party in a yurt. one of the coolest little events we've ever been a part of. we played two relatively short sets. the second got a little weird and wild as any show inside a yurt in the middle of nowhere and in the middle of the night should... all in all, we were very thankful to be amongst such good friends and couldn't have asked for a better send off on this latest adventure...tour starts in two days!! it's our third full U.S. tour in the last 12 months. crazy to think about. almost a year now since our album came out! so many amazing things have happened in that relatively small span of time... hard to believe. thank you thank you thank you to everyone that has been a part of this macro-adventure in however you have been. big or small. we've been cherishing every little moment with all of you!! and could never thank you enough for being constant reminders of what is good and exciting in all of us.
and speaking of which, i'd like to point out that Basecamp is the brainchild of Mat Gershater. an amazing spirit. he runs an outdoor camp for kids from there called Mountain Adventure Tours and has been doing so for over 10 years to help expose kids to the outdoors and the environment. he has started a new organization called Greenscool that is geared toward donating and installing renewable energy systems at poor schools around the world. Basecamp is the home of this operation, where he hopes to model new green technology and structures and lifestyles. He just got clearance for the windmill that he will be installing soon. Check out Greenscool at www.greenscool.org.
some more photos from the day after and our drive home:
Mount Borah in the clouds:
definitely going to miss Idaho for the next two months... but lots and lots of other beautiful parts of this country to experience along the way... super pumped.
///reporting for all of us finn rigginses
///gilbert
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