What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been

What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been is an achievement. If you are highly active in all of the seasonal world events — Lunar Festival, Love is in the Air, Noblegarden, Children's Week, Midsummer, Brewfest, Hallow's End, and Winter Veil — you will gain as well as a rare mount, Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake. This achievement takes the longest amount of time to complete, requiring at least a year to complete all of the prerequisites.

Upon completion the Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake is automatically added to your collection.

Previously, it was mailed with the following letter from Alexstrasza:

• The earliest this achievement could be earned was 20 September 2009 (first day of 2009 Brewfest event).
• The name of this achievement is commonly credited as a lyric from the Grateful Dead song "Truckin'"; it is also the name for one of their albums.
• "Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me;
• Other times, I can barely see.
• Lately it occurs to me ...
• What a long, strange trip it's been."
• Blizzard has stated they don't plan to add Pilgrim to the achievement criteria.

A note about Blizzard's philosophy on holiday achievements:

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