[quote="RedHeaven"] Ha! Hey I came here to tell the same story....Guess you were at the Strummit, too :) That was so sketchy, but the sigh of relief from the crowd when the wind took it away was kind of exciting. What a great summer, huh? best of both worlds. :) PINK SUNDAY and BANJOS...and no fire ...

Glowinglassrose, I know exactly how you feel. Last year was my first burn. Originally my boyfriend and I were going to drive ourselves in my car, but somehow four more of our friends that have been to burning man 3 times convinced us to rent a van. I was the only one with a credit card so I put it o...

While this would be entirely beautiful to see, it is extremely dangerous. I was at a festival this weekend where somebody released [b]one [/b] fire lantern. The wind carried it straight to the trees and got stuck. It sat there for a few minutes not moving and finally another gust of wind came and ma...

I wear contact lenses and occasionally glasses (but mostly contacts). Last year, I made it almost through the entire burn wearing contacts. I'd take them out before I went to sleep and would wait until I was going out at night to put them back in. I wore my glasses during the day sometimes, but was ...