The one where Bill and Anna burn the Man

[remark]

HEY ANNA & BILL----

ARE YOU SMOLDERING IN THE HOT DESERT OF THE NEVADAS YET???

KRAMER & YANOVERS

[Bill Peckham]

HEY ANNA & BILL----

ARE YOU SMOLDERING IN THE HOT DESERT OF THE NEVADAS YET???

KRAMER & YANOVERS

First morning at Burning Man. Walked about half the city last night - a lot of creativity and hospitality. We have nice neighbors.

My battery is getting low - more when I get some juice.

Visited the man twice. I'll upload pictures I promise.

Message from Anna to Remark: Candles are six thirty.

Me: I have know idea. Must be some kind of code that I'm not holding her hostage.

[remark]

Thanks for the update: 

njk

[okarol]

  code indeed

[remark]

....

Looking forward to battery increase and more updates.

Remark & the NYC Clan................

[Zach]

Private messeges in a public forum?
What's next?

Eating while texting?   

[okarol]

I don't know about you, but I am getting tired of waiting for photos so I found a few recent ones from Burning Man 2009.
1. Bubble tent.
2. A slide -- brought onto the desert by a Burning Man participant.
3. Dance Party with flames.
4. An endless ride
5. Wedding party
6. Fishy Art Car

[pelagia]

Looks sort of Mad Max-ish in some respects!

[Meinuk]

I have done an update. 

There are a lot of blanks to fill in.  Let me just say, there was no secret code....  Remark is truly a remarkable person, she created an account here just to follow our adventure to Burning Man, to save from extra e-mails. She & her family introduced Friday night "candles" into my life in 2001, and there has been no looking back.

Now, I am going back to the room to sleep in clean sheets.  Yesterday morning, Bill woke me up to see the sunrise from the tent - seeing the glow of the sun lighting the desert from the tent window (I was too exhausted to climb out of bed) - well, that is one of the sights that I will carry with me in my memories forever.

Just a couple of things that I can say I have learned:

• Some new vocabulary - I will forever be chasing MOOP;
• Bill Peckham cooks an amazing breakfast with a frypan and a camp stove;
• A Gin & Tonic really is the perfect drink for a hot desert afternoon;
• Dialysate Boxes can be used as a platform, a storage box, and a solar oven

and sometimes, it is good just to sit and do nothing, to just be.  No agenda, no puttering, no planning.  Just sit and enjoy the moment.

[pelagia]

Okay, so I had to look it up.  Assuming that you were not chasing handmade bags for Men, Women and Kids...

MOOP = matter out of place

[Wattle]

   Sounds like an adventure.

But where are the pics Anna and Bill! I want one of the sunrise through the tent window 

[Zach]

Okay, so I had to look it up.  Assuming that you were not chasing handmade bags for Men, Women and Kids...

MOOP = matter out of place

I understand that matter and antimatter cannot exist in the same place at the same time.

[okarol]

No tent photos but something to look at til we get something from Bill or Meinuk.

Burning Man 2009 - the second photo is an aerial view of the event

[Zach]

Neat!

[Bill Peckham]

Neat!

I have to start my recap but first I need to clean a lot of gear and get some breakfast but here is one shot to whet your appetite.

[okarol]

  nice shot!

[Zach]

I like the couch in front of the grill.
Beef Stew anyone?

[Meinuk]

I like the couch in front of the grill.
Beef Stew anyone?

No Beef stew (it was discussed)

Here are some pics of Breakfast.

Before, when I dug the potatoes and onions out of Bill's garden, and after, as Bill was cooking them in the desert.

[Meinuk]

And a close up of breakfast.  It was a beautiful thing!

[okarol]

Nothing sexier than a man making coffee and breakfast!