Apropos to TTITD, While crossing Hoover Dam on the way to our first burn last year, the officer checked out the back of the camper shell (filled with our food, shelter, bikes and stuff) and said to us, "Going to the Dirt Dance?" I had to laugh.

Thanks all, for the help & invitation. I'll check you out there.

Well, I'm finally going to make it this year -- the theme had a lot to do with it. Urban design is a personal interest, though I've no academic training for it. I've read several of Christopher Alexander's books, among many others, and I lived at Arcosanti about 7-1/2 years (cumulatively) as a struc...