Decommissioned

2009 was the last year for us with The Perambulator. We donated its carcass to another group of burners. We had many offers from groups like Burning Man's own post office and DMV. We hope the new owners have the skill and drive to bring it to life again. And that we'll see it on The Playa in 2010. We'll be driving our new art car Milktropolis. You'll find it's build up here.

The Perambulator packed and ready to go with it's new owners. Goodbye.

Reborn!

For Burning Man 2009 The Perambulator was resurrected. But not just to it's original glory. We upgraded to Perambulator 2.0. We added video screens and more lights. Much more lights. And a generator. And it was all done in less than a month!

R.I.P.

We hardly knew you.

Thanks for Viewing

The photos on this blog are a small sampling of all the photos from our trip. Click on the links below to see almost all the photos online.
Professor Fate and The Amazing Leslie's photos.
The Baron of All and The Baroness of Less' photos
Super Doug and Jana's photos.
Lboogie and The Todd's photos.

Enjoy!

Success!

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Oh The Weather

By all accounts we had quite a relatively crazy stint of weather this year. Us newbies had been told to expect "heat in the day and cold at night with a few probable dust storms." Well, we had the heat alright. Over a 100 degrees every day. No cold nights though - the evenings were downright balmy and pleasant. We got some rain followed by a double rainbow. And man, did we get a coupla intense dust storms. You could see it coming from across the playa. In some cases it would swirl around us, swallowing us up. On with the goggles and dust masks and wham! we'd be plunged into a weird twilight. The wind would kick up the dust and coat everything at camp.

Into This Good Night

We failed our first attempt at a night license. "Not enough lights" we were told. But they wanted us to qualify, so they gave us another chance. Everyone pitched in (except for yours truly who was suffering from an early case of heat stroke) and added all the spare lights we had in camp. Second time at the DMV and they passed us. Here's what it looked on it's first night journey onto the playa.

Prophe-see T.V. is on the Air!

Society member Tbone of "The Todd Don't Stop" fame went live with his all-seeing future visionary device. It was very popular around the playa. Here he is at The Deep End and Kid's Camp. Can you tell which is which?

Perambulating About to Visit our Steampunk Brethren

Members of The Society visit The Steampunk Tree. The Baron, The Baroness, The Amazing Leslie and Professor Fate visible.

The Gang's All Here!

Everyone had arrived. Camp was set at 3:37 and Intertidal. The Perambulator was registered (for daytime use). So out we went to check out the playa. The term "barnacle" is first coined. Newly defined as "A bike riding burner that attaches themselves to an art car for purposes of mobility, socialization and thirst-quenching. They are sometimes seen in chains that increase the chances for disaster and bodily harm." Seen below are barnacles Mr. Alchemystic, AP Bugger and Professor Fate.

Perambulator!

So, there are lots of pictures of our 'art car' in various states of construction. We've seen it go from lowly golf cart to fantastic flying machine. But this is the only known picture of it after completion and before the harsh desert had it's way with it, and us.

Good Morning

The Amazing Leslie and I arrived at Society headquarters at 2:30 in the am after a long slow journey. Just in time to see The Man prematurely burn and the lunar eclipse. Everybody else had spent the previous day setting up camp. Thanks guys! Now help us put this damn Perambulator together.

And Away We Go!

Packing day(s). Everyone showed up at the workshop to coordinate gear and make sure we had all the supplies The Society was going to need for the 9-10 day excursion on the playa. The Perambulator takes it's place on the trailer. What a lot of stuff!



AP waves his adieu. Super Doug and Jana are his co-pilots for the long journey. Their mission: find us a great spot to set up The Society.
The Baron and Baroness with Tbone rounding out their team. Their mission: Nearly 590 liters of Reno's finest.
LG and Mr. Alchemystic have their driving faces on. We'll see you guys tomorrow!

Dress Rehearsal

Looking quite weird in the suburbs.

Balloon Fever

The Baron of all and I worked last night on the lights for the balloon. They turned out great! Here's a little movie to show the disco action. It was hard to get a good shot but it gives you an idea.