This is far out, man.
Any baby boomer will want to make a trip to the site of the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, held in 1969 on Max Yasger's farm. It was one of the great cultural moments in history, remembered in part because it was all photographed and recorded so that the experience could be turned into a movie and a record album (or two). The proceeds from both of those projects made up for the fact that the huge crowd overwhelmed the promoters, who had to open it all up for free in order to avoid even bigger problems.
Visitors should know, for starters, that Woodstock was held in Bethel, due to a last-minute switch in location. The farm forms something of a natural amphitheater, and it's pretty easy to imagine 30,000 to 40,000 people there. But 400,000? The traffic must have let up in about, oh, 1988.
By the way, Max is gone, but his dairy farm survives. You can still buy Max Yasger milk in the Catskills.
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