I never said it'd take three hours to kick in? I said we'd time the dose so we'd ALREADY be tripping by the time the sun went down, and our timing couldn't have been better.
My friend and I each dosed 25-30mg dissolved in water on completely empty stomachs and were feeling effects within 15 minutes. Time of dose was around 6:15-20. I just checked via google, time of sunset today is like 7:45. Excuse me if I generalized and rounded up, saying sunset is "around 8." The most intense part of the trip was over by 9:20-30, at which point visuals were starting to diminish and the headspace was a lot more 'normal.' We sat around smoking the rest of our herb and finishing our box of wippets (which would kick the trip back in for a few minutes), but we were safe to drive home by 11:30.
So I'd definitely consider the trip 'over' around 3 hours, at least the most intense part.
Visuals were great, very mushroom-esque. There was the shroomy headspace and thoughts, but my feelings and thoughts were a lot more controlled. I could steer myself away from anxiety and was easily able to stop myself from thinking negative thoughts about my tripping partner. I'm more of a quiet, introspective tripper who's more into observing what's going on around me and exploring the ins and outs of my trip, while my friend almost goes into little kid mode and laughs a lot, talks a lot, ect.. At times, this would annoy me and almost send me into getting a negative headspace, but it was easy to grab hold of those thoughts and tell myself that it's not really his fault, it's just the way he handles his trip and we all handle them differently.
Overall, it was an amazing experience. It couldn't have gone better, and I can't even begin to describe the beauty of watching the sun set slowly to The Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots album.. the dose was great for a first time, and both my friend and I agree that we can do more than 25-30mg and still be okay. I felt heavily sedated throughout most of my trip, but my friend was not. I was able to get up and move around okay, and I'm actually interested in trying this at a rave.
Will definitely be experiencing this wonderful chemical again, and I'm more than glad I acquired it.