The event opened at midnight of Sun 29 Aug. We went up the previous Wednesday the 25th with our early-arrival passes and trailers full of stuff. We stopped at WinCo for supplies ...
Four hours later, heading up Nevada State Route 447 ...
Past Pyramid Lake ...
And on and on until I heard something go pop and was told over the radio to pull over, I'd lost a tire. I didn't feel a thing. But it was shredded and I was running on bare metal. We had a group NASCAR moment and were on the road again within twenty minutes.
Finally, a couple three hours into the desert, a couple slightly weird signs.
Only weird in that they were pretty small and cheap for such a big huge event.
On the other hand, it hardly needs local highway advertising. The road to the gate as it looks when there's no traffic ...
We stopped for, I don't know what, to take pictures I guess.
Yeah, that's it. To take pictures.
More signs along the temporary entry road.
Someone needs to give The Man some head.
Audacia dances for Bliss Dance, still under construction far in the distance.
Camp, when first we got there. We spent the evening preparing either octahuts or truck beds to sleep in.
By nightfall my camera had enough dust in the gears to require a reboot and manual lens reset for each picture so I put it away for the duration. Still haven't fixed it. I think it's fixable. I've just been sorta busy.
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Is it my imagination or does one of the pit crew have a hawk on his shoulder?
No, she just has crazy hair. Carnivorous, though, so you were close.
Don, this looks really cool, and like loads of fun, but if your photos make my contacts hurt, I can't even imagine what the real thing would do to me.
That looks like a really good time...
Pearl
Yeah, the dust is pervasive. Just today I brought into the office the instant oatmeal I didn't eat up there, and the box has a fine coating of white alkaline powder.
Nice quads on the dancer.
Yeah, the dust would kill my eyes even though I don't wear contacts. Nevertheless, looks like fun if you can handle that. I'm liking the fur boots with bikini look on the women who can do that. :)
My need for social interaction is somewhat more narrowly defined. So instead of looking at the 27,000 Burning Man pix, I used more restrictive search terms: "Burning Man 2010" and "tits".
Cut it right down to about 26,500.
(Looks like a blast - been on the verge of going for years. I gotta go sooner or later before it turns into another commercial sinkhole like Sturgis or Daytona, if I'm not already too late.)
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