Im not sure what my shade arrangement will be since i have a carport and I believe thats a little excessive for one person. Who knows though, maybe I will bring it and offer other people some yummy snack or something under it, get to know my neighbors that way..

Does anyone have any experience of camping alone at the Burn? Should i be worried about my stuff if i leave it all day? I will try and talk with my neighbors and make friends with them, but thats not like camping with 20+ friends like I've done my last two years.. Any advice? Has anyone run into any...

You might want to consider joining one of the "villages" of such people. No shared chores or structure, but they sorta look out for each others belongings, etc. I think AEZ works something like that...although they don't allow gennies at all. I dont like genies at all so maybe I will look into that...

Bob wrote:You've never camped alone? Anywhere?

Nope never! Thats why this is very new and kind of exciting for me to think about camping alone.

Hi, so I've been on here for a while mainly lurking about and I finally have something to post about. This will be my third year on the playa, and my first year single and most likely camping alone. I have camped with the same group the last two years and collaborated with them on structures, food, ...

When the grommets rip out you need to sew reinforcement fabric onto the first piece of fabric to cover the hole. Sewing a patch of duct tape on also works then hammering the grommet through that.
Sorry I wasn't super clear

Today I got a bunch of new craft stuff, the closest art store to me had a sale and I got a bunch of things 40% off..time to start on new art projects. I can't do anything large scale but some smaller stuff suits me fine ^.^

I have no reason to buy a generator, besides burning man, and I have nowhere to store it. I get your point about the noise issue, I looked at craigslist for generators, but didn't find any quiet ones. A generator just looks like it would be too many problems rolled into one for it to be worth me buy...

dragonpilot- thanks for the answer about the batteries, now I have an approximate number of batteries I need to bring. ellorrum- i have one of those mister things, I used it last year. I'm thinking about upgrading to a larger one this year, someone posted a mistymate link and I think I'm going to in...

I have a ton of those washcloths, target sold them 10/$1 on clearance last year. Thats a great idea, because its easy and it uses something I already have. Thanks!

Mudpuppy- I bike. This year I'm looking into making something to shade my bike while I'm on it. I'm not sure what yet though. The only place I walked last year was the half a block to the porta potties..lol AntiM- The first thing I thought when you said solar battery charger was the tops of those pa...

[quote="C.f.M."]" Boy, is a week in a desert that is actively trying to kill you PERFECT for you! .[/quote] Yup, but I loved being there and it was so worth it for me, which is why I'm planning on going this year.. Shroom-Thanks for the link, I think I saw these at my local outdoor store, I'll check...

So this is my second burn this year, and I almost didn't make it through my first burn. I'm extremely sensitive to heat, fair skinned, and I have some ongoing health problems that make matters worse. So I was looking up options to try and stay cool during the heat of the day, besides the huge hat, p...

So my goals for today are -Sort thru my tupperware and put the old ones aside to hold dry goods on the playa, good use for the ones I would possibly toss otherwise.. -Find the dome covers from last year- call around and see who has them -Decorate the 5 gallon bucket [and lid] that will be used for t...

I've been reading this thread for a while so I figured I'd start posting.. Today its work on some jewelery, finish sewing a skirt, email a bunch of people, and calling my mom to see if her car has a hitch. Oh and listening to everyone post about costco is funny because I work at Costco and I get to ...

So I'm part of that three dome camp that greenthumb posted, and the grommets are a b***h. We spend three or four days sewing them before the last burn and replacing old grommets. However it worked pretty well and was relatively good at keeping the dust out.