BM2K7 Playa ROM Playa Prologue First Day A Busy Day The Man Burns Early Rebuilding the Man A Very Full Night and Day Kidsville Happenings The Man Burns The Temple of Forgivenesss Burns Return to the Default World Decompression
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Burning Man 2007: First Day
26 September 2007
We've left San Francisco last night and have arrived on playa very early this morning. Unfortunately the winds are driving some serious storms; the family has spent most of the morning in our rented recreational vehicle (RV). Undeterred, I set up our brand new 20-foot by 50-foot galvanized steel pipe shade structure in a white-out. Ranger Lefty, shown below, came by just in time to help cover it with aluminet. The double-layer (because the sizes sent to me are wrong) does a great job of keeping out the sun and the dust. This might be good.
The big draw for the kids is the trampoline. Since we're here on the Early Arrival programme we've not done much to our camp, like putting a shade structure over the trampoline, but the wee ones are out there. That's Isaac standing; Lila is sitting in the orange shirt.
The kids flee for cover when the storms pick up, despite their goggles and masks. Fear not, they'll be back in a few minutes.
Here's Ranger Lefty again, with a much better view of the shade structure. You can see the single- and double-ply aluminet. Those are our bicycles and folding chairs, including the reclining red one given to me by Ranger Misery years ago. We've made this shade structure a common space in the Kidsville piazza, asking people only to pick up after themselves and leave nothing for us to drag out.
On one border of Kidsville someone left a car parked in a common passageway. Repeated notes on the windshield went ignored. Finally the powers-that-be decided to tow the car to long-term parking near the main gate. Ranger JunkYard took care of it, quickly and gently.
Here's Kidsville Mayor Lora, strolling around the place.
Our neighbors, across the piazza, setting up their shade structure over their sleeping tent. They had a really impressive structure, well-planned and executed.
Kidsvillians, biking by the message board in the Kidsville center.
Near-by, at the south edge of Kidsville, there's a huge aluminet pyramid shade structure with a grass floor. It's awesome. Here's Isaac and Rose relaxing during a quiet time; usually it's quite a bit more crowded.
Lila, trampoline, sunset. Whooping all across the city as the sun dips behind the mountains.
Ranger Widow Rose standing in the door of the RV. She's awesome. She takes care of the homestead and the kids and gives me the ability to serve our city. I try to let her know how much I appreciate her and all she does; I hope she gets it.
One of the things our family does together every afternoon is take out our bicycles and ride around the playa. That's Lila, Isaac, and Rose, from left, riding towards the Man. Rose has one of our two bicycle trailers, which carry our gear when the kids are riding, and carry the kids and their bicycles (respectively) when the dust-storms are too fierce.
At the Man, the kids are chatting with a Ranger. Dusk is such a nice time on the playa.
Here's the "Big Rig Jig" being assembled. It's a huge piece of artwork, made from real semi trailer trucks.
Moonrise over the Temple.
Art car at night.
At the Burners Without Borders camp Isaac stood at the fire, chatting with one of the campers. It's always nice to see an adult take a child seriously. I think it's an underrated thing.
Lila hula-hoops at Kidsville while Rose encourages. See those glowing orbs? Those are dust-motes blowing through the air being illuminated by the camera's flash.
Speaking with Dee of the Black Rock Roller Disco. Dee started the Golden Gate Park Roller Skate Patrol, which I joined in the late 1980s.
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