Carolyn Adams

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Carolyn Adams, later known as Mountain Girl, was a Merry Prankster and the wife of Jerry Garcia. After growing up in Poughkeepsie, New York, Adams met Neal Cassady in 1965; Cassady immediately gave her the name "Mountain Girl". Cassady took her to La Honda, Ken Kesey's base of operations, where she quickly joined the inner circle of Pranksters and was romantically involved with Kesey, having a daughter by him named Sunshine. The Grateful Dead song "Here Comes Sunshine" may or may not be an allusion to Adams' and Kesey's daughter, but the Dead were fond of lyrics having double, often personal meanings. After marrying Garcia, they moved to The Spread, a 400 acre property in Soquel belonging to Ken Babbs with Kesey, his wife and their children. Garcia and Mountain Girl ultimately divorced because of her disapproval of Garcia's use of heavy narcotics. However they remained personal friends right up until Garcia's death, and many Garcia biographers consider Mountain Girl Garcia's "best wife." She is considered an expert on marijuana cultivation and has been published extensively on the subject.

In the Coen Brothers film The Ladykillers there is a character called Mountain Girl.