Know what you mean... This year I'm trying to upgrade quality (and I don't eat starch, and like you, am avoiding processed foods too): - A hard parmesan, in block form still -- full of salt - Prosciutto -- also super-salted - almond butter -- loaded with vitamin E, a natural- and excellent preservat...

Well, the shade structure. I was thinking about a car port to go over everything, but, I've gone back and forth, especially because those things are about 10 feet tall. But, then again, I also can't imagine a small shade area doing much good. In the years past, our shade structure was built from scr...

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How do you volunteer?

I am camping alone, too, this year, not by plan, but its just how its turning out.

The only scary thing is not having men/people-of-stature to help with building camp, pardon my sexism. Time to get self-reliant I guess.

That's nuts to hear that its so packed early on. I was hoping our earliness would allow us some good pickins for a camp spot. I guess we wouldn't be the only ones with that brilliant idea. But it would make sense, actually, to not arrive at the stroke of midnight and maybe more around sunrise, just ...

I love the idea of getting a permit for the lake.

Cool, thanks for the info. And thanks for the thread.

This year will be my first time having the whole week from Monday on. We are all excited to get there as early as possible, and I was wondering what its like to pile outside the gates the day before. Realistically, what time does everything open up? And is it cool to just post up on the road until t...

And thanks everyone for your wisdoms.

Wow. One hour--that's fast. We've tentatively planned on 4AM, so this is good news.

I know, totally: Tuesday or Wednesday would be awesome. I'm just trying to get back for a 9AM class on Tuesday--that I will have missed the week before. (Its a new graduate program for me and I'm trying not to be a jerk...) After temple burn and pre-dawn seems like the best option, especially if mos...

Hey I'm trying to arrange a flight out of Reno Monday and was wondering if anybody can tell me what its like leaving BRC at 5 or 6 AM that morning. Last year we departed camp mid-day Sunday and it took about three hours just to get to Gerlach. I REALLY want to book a noon flight home, since I'm goin...

THE best thing before, during, and after hangover?: ~~~coconut water~~~ No shit, it is better at hydrating than gatorade. Has even been used intravenously by medicine to combat dehydration. Buy it canned or in a carton at the grocery store. Drink one before sleep and for breakfast. Hell, mix your ru...

I totally understand the anxiety: The first week of my brand-spanking-new PhD program collides with Burning Man this year (and in Hawaii no less!) so I've been going back and forth trying to figure out what the best thing to do is. (And we are an incoming class of 10-15, so my absence will be notabl...