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.

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.

What to do, what to do...

Though I imagine we'll have plenty to do while we're there, it's never a bad idea to bring along some games. I've played a good number of 'em in my day, but I thought I'd put the question to the biggest cadre of boardgamegeeks on the web. Intruiged?

http://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/23147

Any other suggestions?

Burning Man Biz

There's a cool little article about the business side of Burning Man via Laughing Squid.

Note that Chicken John's pickup truck runs on wood pellets. He's working on making it so that it can run on coffee grounds.