No replies yet, so adding a little information. Since my friend is coming from Boise, Idaho on and I am coming from Seattle, the point of rendezvous is probably going to be Bend, OR. But we could meed in Redmond, Madras or even further afield. I just don't think Riley, OR would have much in the way ...

I have a friend that is going to Oregon to see the total eclipse. He's going to hang out the extra days camping, but we are riding in together in my truck because I have to pull my trailer. What is a good place to park for days at a time? A safe place, a place where his car will not be towed after 7...

Elliot wrote:But criminy, doesn't "JOTS" sound much better than "porta-potties"?!

I think porta-potties sounds just fine.

Take a close look at the strips. The lights are all wired in series. So even if you were to wire the four strips in "parallel" the individual LED sections are still all in series. Thus it doesn't really matter how you wire the strips, except the particulars of controlling the colors for each section...

It's kind of late to find aluminet unless you order it RIGHT NOW on the internet.

How does DPW or a passing Ranger distinguish these from MOOP left in the wrong place by some camp?

Why do you ask? A simple yes/no answer might miss the information you need unless you explain the motivation or situation that inspired you to ask.

Also, what do you mean by "outer playa". Do you mean a placed art project in the middle of the city? Or are you just talking about your camp?

The Nevada State Health Services is directed by state law to create regulations that apply to everyone in their state. From the grumbling here I believe that people either think they are special and these laws/regulations don't apply to them or they feel the laws are wrong and banquets, caterers, ev...

Just as Labor Day is basically pack-up day and has nothing going on, Sunday night is now set-up camp night. You are officially allowed to enter the city and begin your Burn on Sunday at 6pm. Perhaps in the future they will include this as part of the range of dates on the ticket. But for now, the ev...

It seems like the principles create blind spots for themselves sometimes. The principles have some areas where they potentially contradict each other. The art of being a burner is to balance those in your own way, ideally not interfering with the way that others balance their conflicts. Some times ...

I just have a problem with anybody that pulls out the old "burnier than thou" stuff to judge anybody else. I edited the post to make it more clear that this is AN ARGUMENT, but not necessarily my argument. But I do think it has more traction than "RVers are not self reliant". I don't even understan...

Well, there is a tent/group camp vs. RV/caravan debate, but I don't think self-reliance is the central issue of that debate. I think it is actually Immediacy. Hiding from the day's heat in your air conditioned box just doesn't bring you in contact with your neighbors in the same way. To some this is...

theCryptofishist wrote:How many people personally drove the yaks across the wool to make the felt for their Burningman yurt?

Two.

I thought this was common knowledge.

I camp in a trailer.

But I remodeled it from the frame up. That puts me in some sort of limbo in-between ass-hat and douchebag.

How many people personally sewed the tent they live in at Burning Man?

sariboos wrote:Question for you: Would you happen to have room for a paying passenger?

Last post on this question was a year ago. You are chatting up a dead thread...

trilobyte wrote:Be radically self-reliant, and ...

In some ways, just having a "Shared Resources" section on Eplaya undercuts the purity of self-reliance.

I wish more pilots went up in tandem with another plane. I was asked at the last second if I would shoot a few photos of Skybolt when I went up with Hoot in 2004. They were amazing!

Haven't had a chance to shoot other planes since.

Quotation marks make all the difference!

i covered a big umbrella with leaves to make a portable shade tree ... Either this is a cunning attempt to troll this topic or you are unaware of the fact that plant material (living or dead) is not allowed through the Gate. As explained in the mandatory read, The Burning Man Survival Guide http://...

From a post I made on Quora: Here is a weather site that shows the averages for August and September: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?nv3090 The daily average for the week of the event is about 88º high and 52º low , but of course that will vary quite a bit from day to day over event week...

Portalplaya - you'd be surprised at how many people post threads asking fairly easy questions instead of taking the trivial amount of time it takes to do their own research. The response Rice posted last year was snarky, but still helpful (and thankfully he didn't resort to name-calling). Actually,...

That link you posted is suspicious. It took hold of my broswer. Hopefully I clicked out of it in time. It's just a page that demonstrates googling for the words "prescription" and "googles". In other words, being a dick. Clearly the original poster KNOWS how to google. They were looking for testimo...

BBadger wrote:How many of those robes do you keep spare? Does each member get one?

Each volunteer wears one while working and then returns it to the lamplighters when done.

trilobyte wrote:You may also want to post on the Spark collaboration tool.

I tried that. Keep getting an error on the final "post listing" screen.

I've rented vehicles from Enterprise with towing ability. (All my Burn rentals have been Enterprise). I wouldn't call them "Burner-friendly"--they don't (usually) ask, and I would never volunteer the info--but I have found them very fair in terms of not charging extra if you return the vehicle scru...

I've rented vehicles from Enterprise with towing ability. (All my Burn rentals have been Enterprise). I wouldn't call them "Burner-friendly"--they don't (usually) ask, and I would never volunteer the info--but I have found them very fair in terms of not charging extra if you return the vehicle scru...

Consider arranging a photographer with a long lens to secretly record engagement photos. You can "randomly" run into your accomplice at some landmark and then they can discretely follow you to the final engagement location. Or you can set up your own camera, with luck. Here are how some photographer...

I've had such a wonderful time doing playa weddings, once in 2009 and again last year. And I met both sets of couples right here, on E-playa. Normally I go to the event and work as a staff photographer covering the building of the city. (like this: http://www.burningman.com/installations/temple_buil...

The trailer for a tractor/trailer combo is about ten feet high, plus 3 feet for the wheels underneath. And up to 52 feet long. That is a much bigger wind profile than any camping trailer, all of which have a lower bottom edge so you can step in/out. I have never heard of a playa wind rolling a trail...

Will call has a short-cut line to Gate, running alongside the rest of the Gate lanes. You don't have to rejoin the back of the line.