Ramp Tour 2008

Now where is Stanley?

Ramp Tour 2008

The first stop on Ramp Tour 2008 is Fairchance, PA, on April 25, 2008, anytime between 5 and 6 PM. I recommend the fish sandwich and the fried pickles. If you didn't make prior arrangements, bring a tent.

Ramps 2007

And you cahn't get thair from hair.

Ramps 2007

Where's Philly?

Ramps 2007

I've got a secret!

Ramps 2007

Where it's all at.

Ramps 2007

yoga means union.

Ramps 2007

The waters of life.

Ramps 2007

One more ramp in the bottle of Rebel Yell.

Ramps 2007

Sweet Breads, fresh orange juice, oatmeal, eggs, ham and freshly made bread. Food for a new day of exploring.

Ramps 2007

Zeit und Raume ist alles, 1869-1939, but love and forgiveness keep us together.

Ramps 2007

You're interrupting a sacred event by taking a picture. This is the ramp supper in Helvetia.

Ramp Tour 2007

I've been around long enough that I don't have to dress for success.

Ramp Tour 2007

I'm enlightened, what's your story.

Ramp Tour 2007

Migod, these men around me are loveable, but such fools.

Ramp Tour 2007

A healthy diet is essential to Ramp Tour veterans

Ramp Tour 2007

The Love Doctor, the originator of the Ramp Tour, returns to Helvetia, after a long absence, to receive love counsel from his subjects.

Ramp Tour 2007

Whiskers has seen it all.

Ramp Tour 2007

Willy cleans after a Friday snack. Thich Nhat Hanh teaches that dishwashing is an important spiritual practice.

Ramp Tour 2007

After a timely cold spell, the ramps hardened off and are sweet as honey this year.

Old Man Winter

Burn baby, burn.

holy moly

This doesn't bode well for old man winter

I need some aspirin!

That old man winter will fade after this,

You should hear the music !

Wild Reverie

Who needs beads?

A Two-eyed Man in a Three-eyed World

This mask is the earthly representation of Mike's Dream.

The 2 eyed Man in a 3 eyed world

Spring arrived early in Helvetia

I can chase old man winter without a mask

The Infamous Blackball Rafoon

At the Hutte

After the Hutte breakfast, ready for a full day of frightening Old Man Winter away.

At the Dance Hall

Old Man Winter better beware!

Beekeeper Inn

It doesn't get any better than this.

Helvetia: Where women are strong and good looking

These are women you have to reckon with.

Fasnacht 2007

You don't want to mess with these women. They mean business. Ramps will rise soon.

Raffoonsforever

Raffoonsforever
YES

Fasnacht

The fasnacht celebration only means that soon ramps will be venturing forth from the earth.

Ramping 2005

Ramping 2005.
The spring has been cold. A brief warm spell brought the ramps out, only to be covered with a late April snow storm.
The Ramp supper in Helvetia is on the latest possible date this year. Rather than being warm and welcoming, the weather is cold and forboding, much like the climate in nations capital.

Ramp in Snow2 

Ramp in snow