Rainbows Will Appear Elsewhere

It appears Eastern Washington will be passed over by the Rainbow Family for its national gathering July 1-7.  All signs point to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in southwestern Washington as the venue for the annual event that attracts thousands of participants.  Though the Colville National Forest appeared to be a strong contender, an unusually cool and wet spring in Eastern Washington has made the forest more appealing to mosquitoes than humans.

The Rainbow Family has been meeting in U.S. national forests since 1972. Its annual gathering, which attracts from 10,000 to 30,000 people, occurred once before in Washington – in the Colville National Forest in 1981.  Last year’s annual gathering in the Allegheny National Forest of Pennsylvania attracted about 12,000 people.  Read more here .  (SR Photo)

• For more on the Rainbow Family’s regional meeting of about 300 Rainbows in Colville last September, read here .