I've been smoking for 55 years (I'm 70). Acapulco Gold was the second strain I purchased, the first being an unnamed Mexican. I can't describe how golden the buds were, like a sunset filtered by the righty light. Weed commonly sold for $10/oz where I lived and when the rumored Acapulco Gold actually did hit town it went for 50% more, at $15/oz. A lot of smokers I knew were skeptical of it based because A), the hype and/or price, and B) nobody there had ever seen or smoked it before. It was jus that rare in the Midwest.
I was flush that week and wanted to try see what it was all about. The buds sparkled in the moonlight when I met the seller, a friend (the most common way then). We smoked a joint--and I immediately knew it was worth the price. It was night but I felt pretty energetic. It smoked nicely, smooth, well-cured and came on apace, I should have stopped sooner than I did. It was most definitely "bad ass weed."
I smoked that ounce way to quick; I wanted to share its goodness with friends. And by then it had disappeared from our area, and I've only come across it a few times in the 50+ years since then. When I do I get goofy and buy as much as I can (practically) afford. Yesterday was my social security payday and I found it listed online at the two stores I buy my monthly supp]y of hash oil and found this legendary strain at both stores. I live in Washington state where there's a 21+ legal cannabis store every few blocks, it seems, and even here it is hard to find. I went on a spree and bought 5 grams of it out of 14 grams of oil in total. I didn't intend to buy as much but got carried away when I saw it. I should have bought more, hid some of it in the back of my dab oil-only desktop 'fridge, and saved it for a rainy day, it is that good. Instead I'm smoking it right now; I can't help it. It is like a day spent in the early '70s, trippin' along with friends.