The one where Bill and Anna burn the Man

[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! 

[Meinuk]

Here is Bill with The Man.

We may have left early, but this is the sunset that we drove into.  (Pretty amazing)

FYI -- I really hate having my picture taken, so there won't be many of me.  (I think Bill snuck one shot)


Karol, thanks for uploading the pictures, I was pretty overwhelmed, so I don't have many - over the next few days, we should be able to get some up.

[Meinuk]

The afternoon we left, we got the spectacular sunset, and the next day, as we were driving the final leg to Seattle, we got a rainbow.

[okarol]

Ohh lovely photos - thanks!!

[Meinuk]

For the first time in my life, I saw a stainless steel clad flaming Duck.  Ducks played a part in my Burning Man experience.  I don't know if it is because we were in the desert, and there was a duck on a pole and a flaming duck....  But one of my takeaway thoughts will be of Ducks at Burning Man.

FYI - this pic is from Friday night, Bill & I were waiting for the Rocket Launch, and there was a parade of flame throwing mutant vehicles.  The duck was one of them.  When the flame burst out of its head, the air surrounding it was just a whoosh of heat.  Pretty cool if you are a pyromaniac like me...

[Meinuk]

Speaking of mutant vehicles.....

We would walk around in the mornings before the sun was high in the sky, and we saw some interesting sights.

This is a car/golf cart made to look like a jet "Burning Man Air Force" - There were also real planes, floating lanterns at night, skydivers, parasailors and a hots of other things that I just couldn't take pictures of.  I was busy taking it all in.  Bill's battery died on his camera early in as well, so photos will be sparse.

[Meinuk]

I organized what photos I took in a Picasa web album.

Here is the link:  http://picasaweb.google.com/Anna.Bennett.Photos/BurningMan2009#

[paul.karen]

What a great time it looks like was had by MANY people at burning man.
First that Ariel view Okarol posted WOW that is a great shot.
I liked the housecar.
And well i wanna go to a burning man.

Oh yeah the Ariel advertising LOL bet there was plenty of sweet bud to go around.

[monrein]

Reminds me a touch (not enough tie dye however) of the times I followed the Grateful Dead around from concert to concert.  Good times despite the guy who fell on our tent.
Nice photos Anna and Bill.

[thegrammalady]

sounds like you had a grand adventure. my son and his wife have been. but i don't get pictures.

[okarol]

Loved the photos.
It looks like it was really hot.. any idea what the daily temp was?