And we're off in a cloud of dust and smoke!

-from 8/29/07

We made one last stop at the Mobil station to get the car looked over by the mechanic. He must have thought we were insane. But he humored us, checked the tire pressure and made the sign of the cross for good measure. I think we're good.

There was a lunar eclipse last night. Too tired to think of staying up to see it. Bummed I missed it.

Goodbye Westlake Village, hellooooo Black Rock City!

Finally...

- from 8/29/07

We're finally packed into the car and ready to go. Got coffee, money and snacks.

Was up 'til 1am last night with final costume making and frantic housecleaning. Heather woke me at 5am. Showered then back to bed since I thought I could get at least another 45min before Heather got here. Had anxiety dreams about the trip.... oversleeping, cargo all over the road, etc. Lovely.

Heather hit tons of traffic and our estimated departure time of 5am has dissolved into 9:30am. I'm thrilled to get more sleep. Poor Heather I think only got an hour's worth?

But! She is here, the car is packed to the gills and we're almost out the door. I don't think I forgot anything...

Now to drive 10+ hours! Whee!

And now

The house is emptier.

The living room becomes my office. I relish that clean desk. Feels like a good change. Not sure why it feels like a clean start, but there it is, another feeling without good reason.

The Burning Man photos are begging to be let out.

So, this week they'll start to go up. And maybe I'll find the words that go with them.

And maybe the words that go with them will find me.

Our Green Man

Holy cow, what an adventure!

I've just been organizing images and thoughts for the last 2 days. I don't know where to start... all the thoughts are jumping around vying for first place.

It was an amazing experience. I think I spent the entire time just absorbing what was going on and so little time thinking.

Icon Deconstruction

Gotta have spares

The Quest for Goggles

We had one heck of a time trying to find the right goggles. In the midst of our quest, other people in the camp heard we were picking up goggles and asked us to grab some for them. Bevan wound up buying 25 pairs from 7 different very savvy vendors on the Venice Boardwalk. They obviously knew BM was coming up and wouldn’t budge on price. So, all in all it only took 2 fruitless trips to Hollywood and 3 trips to Venice to get everything.


Bevan ran into a fellow Burner at Venice Beach.