SF -> BRC

Kids Camp

Kids Camp Fun

Kids Camp Art Car

Life in Kids Camp

Chazz's Tacos

bicycling the playa

art cars

Dicky / The Temples

Passage / Clockworks

The Machine / daytime art

nighttime art

nighttime scenes

participant-citizens

Center Camp

The Man

Rangers

Lamplighters

Contessa treasure hunt

The Man Burns

BRC -> SF

desktops

Ranger patch

Ranger jacket

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Burning Man 2005

Sunday 4 September 2005

Sitting here in a 60° F (15° C) San Francisco, after a week of 100° F (37° C) playa, I'm feeling chilled to the bone. Lila just woke me at 10:40; I could have slept for another four or five hours, but I'm excited to get to the pictures of the event (and not so excited about unpacking the van and cleaning it back to pristine, pre-playa condition). Here's how we spent the last week at Burning Man 2005:

Monday 29 August 2005
	Packing for Burning Man 2005, underway, concludes as the food is bought, the clothes and supplies are packed, and I borrow a sewing machine for decorating my Ranger uniform and making some flags for Kids Camp.
Tuesday 30 August 2005
	We head out to Black Rock City after picking Isaac up from elementary school. (Our thick-headed school district persists in starting before Labor Day even though we have no snow days. They were petitioned by Burning Man parents this last year to no avail. Sigh.)
Wednesday 31 August 2005
	We find a place to set up in Kids Camp. We were torn between finding a street location and someplace central; the latter won out. We wanted to make the MSR shade structures a common place for all the kids to play in... Here's the view into our camp; in the middle is the living room (with the parachute pulled down against the morning sun). Our bicycles are scattered around the foyer. Pulling up the parachute reveals this panorama into our camp. At right and left are the shade structure arms, in the middle is the van and the gazebo which holds up the parachute. Unseen, just in front of me, is a big blue tarp and a combined picnic table and chairs which collapse into a briefcase-sized space.
Thursday 1 September 2005
	We do several trips to the playa, first on bicycle, then on eDave's art car, and then on a tour arranged by the Artery (art placement team). At night I did my Rangering shifts, which give me a chance to see more art.
Friday 2 September 2005
	We spend some quality time in Center Camp. In the evenings I make sure to return for some fortifying hot chocolate or chai...
Saturday 3 September 2005
	Today is the climax of the event; the Man burns. Because the kids have caught some sort of stomach flu we strike camp and pack everything into the van in case we have to leave. By day's end they don't get better, so after the burn we head off-playa, hearts heavy.
Sunday 4 September 2005
	We sleep in while Rose unpacks the lion's share of the van. Then we wake and help. Then we wash the van, inside and out.
Monday 5 September 2005
	While Rose and Lila take Isaac to school I drive the van back to the rental agency at the airport and take BART back. Now I have to start making these web pages and start planning for next year.

To see everything I've done for this year's travelogue please start here.

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