West Coasters Heading to Burning Man

[darkfyre_muse]

I am now in full out plan mode. I have been apparently adopted into Team Trick Concepts and will be spinning fans Saturday night. Hmmm..first performance will be in front of a couple thousand people. That’s a good plan. (I know no one will probably see me, its still intimidating. Oh wait so is this entire adventure. At least it will be excitingly consistent.)

On to practicalities. I am flying into Reno Thursday Morning and find a ride. I know coming in right before the gates close is kinda lame but it’s the best I can do. Flying means some things just can not come with me. Namely a bicycle. Have you ever taken one? How valuable is having one there? Would anyone be willing to haul it in for me if I get it to wherever you are?

Starting to plan out wardrobe/sewing needs and trying to come up with an idea for a relatively small, very portable mini installation for our camp. We have offers for day shelter at at least one theme camp so I can be pretty free with it. Not thrilled with the whole ‘American Dream’ theme so I think I will go with just a dream/nightmare concept.

May the plotting begin!

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[l-stboy.livejournal.com]

As Candle mentioned, bikes are really really useful if you can get one out there. Levitating Plywood took out 20-some bikes last year, and are probably adding more this. We won't be talking about transportation until mid-June, but if nobody from your neighborhood is sending a truck, we can probably make space on ours. (Speaking of trucks, if there is an SD collective sending one out, it's really nice to have someone take out a suitcase or two for you so you don't have to deal with airport security for your pocket knives/lighters/battery powered toys/concubines)

It sounds like you've got plenty of support, but I've been out 5 years running, each year with a few more newbies- if you want to chat about things, freak out a little, or hear stories and see pictures, find me online or give me a call sometime.

[darkfyre-muse.livejournal.com]

This week's goal is to get most of the transport stuff figured out. Between the Cult and a friend or 2 down here I know I can get a bike there, the specifics will probably happen later. But the basics I think have been simplified at this point. The plan is to reserve a rental car and drive ourselves. While I love the green community mindedness of using shuttle/public transport, the reality is that it will just serve to piss me off. And we would need to leave Sunday before the Temple Burn to not risk missing a monday flight. Not having to worry about fitting someone else's schedule means I can 'concentrate' on enjoying the burn.

Traveling with our gear on a plane is actually not a big deal. I have done an absurd amount of east coast camping since I moved to Cali. And this time a won't need a weapons bag. So I can replace that with the more involved camping gear. We also have a ride for the fuel/tools since the troupe sponsor will be up for the whole week. (yea no storage worries!) We're also pretty minimalist food-wise.

Well more later as the plotting continues. (Think bike with batwings)