Neal Cassady with his girlfriend at the time, Anne Murphy, on a trip to Bolinas with Charlie Plymell and Allen, Fall 1963. “When we stopped at a convenience store, I asked Allen to borrow his camera to take this shot as if nothing had happened and we went for a roller coaster ride. Neal was all smiles and otherwise had a nice time lying on the hills overlooking the shore at Bolinas. Allen was still in his Whitmanesque/India mode then.” (Photo & Caption: Charles Plymell)
Allen, Neal and Charles Plymell were all roommates that fall on Gogh Street, San Francisco. Allen only had just returned from 2 years in India the previous month. Neal would have been fresh off parole having served two years in San Quentin three years prior for a small amount of marijuana possession. He would soon join Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters on the cross country psychedelic bus ride.
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