Getting To Woodstock Stories
12:28:14 PM 05.31.09

NY Thruway closed , Bikers not fazed

We all lived & worked in the White Plains NY area & heard ads for Woodstock onWPLJ fm. It sounded like a cool weekend so we all bought tickets (still have em). When I got home from work Friday my wife said " We can't go to Woodstock the thruway is shut down!!!! " I thought about it and said BS we'll take the bike. 55 miles later after cutting through all the cars & VW buses getting food & drinks handed to us by all the great folks who lived along the way we arrived & found we didn't need tickets (fences all down), should have brought higher boots for all the mud & by some miracle found all our friends. We spent the 1st night sleeping in a small cemetery, didn't need to smoke any weed ( just inhale the night air ) Next day the NY State troopers offered to rent my Bike so they could get around I could have used the $50 but turned them down. The best was the music as any one who was there knows, Arlo showing up in a helecopter was neat. My best buddy left on a dirt bike to get his wife and came back with her on a Harley, traffic had let up by then. Best time of our lives. We all left Monday morning, didn't know we were part of history till later. If I ever find that bottle with the Genie in it I'd be back there in an instant. By the way our tickets cost $7 each & were numbered B01264-66-66 & B1268. We live in Big Bear Lake California now & my email address is woodstockwest@hotmail.com. We'd love to hear from all you who loved the music and the best of times.

Peace & Love to All

George & Teri

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