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I was at the Vortex festival.  A graduate of the University of Oregon and newly married in February of 1970, my husband John Gaiser and I went to the festival in our 1969 Volkswagon Beetle.  We were newly weds.  It was a gorgeous summer day!  We wandered around greeting friends we had not seen since our wedding.  I noticed a pregnant woman frolicing in the mud and bathing in the river.  Then we saw an old firend of my husband's.  As we strolled over to say hi....I suddenly realized he was stark naked, squatting down smoking a joint!  What a shock!  Lots of great music.  It was a fun time.  I think I got pregnant that month with my one and only daughter, Angela.  Who knows....Vortex may have been the catalyst for a new life wanting to enter this dimension on the planet.  Six years later, my husband was killed in a head-on car accident.  I treasure those fun times.  Good memories.  Thank you for reminding me of my youth!

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