The Oakland shows were in 2 days, and we had to drive all the way up the coast to the Bay, as the shows were in the Coliseum. So we took the 5 the whole way up. I drove straight through the night, stopping at Denny’s for coffee, and bathroom breaks. At dawn, we were coming out of the mountains at Gorman, Ca, and started to see these huge, bright yellow Umbrellas dotting the landscape along the roadside and down in the valleys, up on hills. Hundreds of them. I woke Shelby up to see them, and we both mused upon what it could all be about. It wasn’t until we got home that we learned what they were about.
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