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Burning Man 2002: Playa-bound
A short way later you'll see the left turn you'll need to take. Usually I'd say "just follow the other cars" but there were no others today.
It's still a bit of a ways to the playa, about eighty miles. FOLLOW THE SPEED LIMIT! Really! Even if it's boring, and you can't imagine a police officer waiting for you in the deserted wasteland in the middle of nowhere.
Here's Ranger Lefty, cruising along, listening to Frank Zappa. We saw a few cars zip by us. "They're going the same way we're going", I said, "but they're taking a different journey." Lefty like that.
We haven't come as far as I'd hoped. This is the hardest part of the trip for me.
There's one verdant spot on the trip: the area surrounding this stream. I'm captivated by it year after year.
THIS is why I suggested that you scrupulously follow the posted speed limits. This was taken on the Indian reservation through which you drive on the way to the playa. The heavyset gent is a tribal policeman, and he was accepting another bit of assistance to their annual fundraising drive (called "ticket the tourists"). Don't you fall into their [speed] trap!
Ranger Lefty and I are happy, of course, because we aren't contributing to any of these towns' ticket funds. We're just being mellow. We'll get there.
What's this strange thing? It's Lefty doing happy yoga at Pyramid Lake, still on the rez.
Respect the land, enjoy the view, and leave.
Here's Empire, Nevada.
Okay, now we're getting close. In the distance you can't see U. S. Gypsum and the town of Gerlach, Nevada. But you will.
Like right now. This is the first curve into the town.
Bruno's Country Club restaurant and café. I've never eaten here, although I've heard that many of the Rangers have; coming, going, and during the event.
The United States Post Office, Gerlach, Nevada 89412.
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat nor gloom of night stays these Couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. -- Herodotus (484-425 BC)
I've never heard of the USPS handing mail over to civilians, but during the week of the event we use this zip code. Mail is transferred from the USPS to the BRCPO (Black Rock City Post Office) for delivery in our 5-square-mile city by mail carriers. Mail is also accepted for delivery back to the "real world", but federal postage stamps are required for the journey back, stamps which aren't vended at Burning Man.
Well, we've done our time, and now I think we're all in agreement that Black Rock City has to be our next stop.
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