It's worth noting that the 1.7 average tickets requested per person is based on the assumption that no one can order more than 2 tickets, however, I've seen a lot of people who say things like "My wife and I ordered two each" or "I borrowed my aunt & uncle's credit cards and entered for six." So cle...

I'm coming to my second burn this year, and basically all the guys in my family want to come with me next year. I've been trying to decide if we should camp with a theme camp or not. Some more background: My dad and uncle: 54 and 40-something My brother: 33 Me & Cousin: both 29 Other Cousin: 15 I've...

This was by far my FAVORITE place to watch the sunrise. I would always find myself heading back in that direction when I saw the sky begin to brighten.

Here's a picture from Wednesday Morning:

At the Great Canadian Beaver Eating Contest:

"Lesbians! Outta nowhere!"

What's the resolution??

Does anyone know if the Man has ever been struck by lightning?

Well I'm from Ontario and we have draconian liquor licensing laws and a state-run monopoly on alcohol sales, so I'm guessing our prices are higher than in Nevada.

For instance, a 6 pack of beer here is $12-$15. Is it similar in the US?

I'm really curious how cold it got at night in these two years, so I can bracket the forecast in terms of my own experiences. Does anyone know? Is there a website that has a history? Wolfram Alpha knows all! http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=weather+gerlach,+NV+aug+30+to+sept+5 http://www.wolfra...

ok, nevada it is!

Does anyone know about how much a case of beer costs in nevada? or a 40oz bottle of jack daniels?

I'm planning on bringing a whole bunch of extra drinks to gift on the playa, but my budget is getting stretched pretty thin at this point, so I want to get the most bang for my buck! To get to the playa we're driving from buffalo, so we'll be passing through a number of states (New York, Iowa, Ohio,...

Yep, kinda bored!

Also, I'm just doing the states that we'll be driving through on our way from Toronto to Nevada.

I imagine we may have mini celebrations as we move from no-drinking to drinking states! (And frantic cleaning before we enter the no-drinking states.)

Illinois: LEGAL! Florida: LEGAL! Georgia: LEGAL! Colorado: LEGAL! Washington: LEGAL! Indiana: LEGAL! Ohio: Illegal Iowa: LEGAL! Nebraska: Illegal 60-6,211.08. Open alcoholic beverage container; consumption of alcoholic beverages; prohibited acts. (1) For purposes of this section: (a) Alcoholic bever...

Illinois: LEGAL! Florida: LEGAL! Georgia: LEGAL! Colorado: LEGAL! Washington: LEGAL! Indiana: LEGAL! Ohio: Illegal Iowa: LEGAL! 321.284A Open containers in motor vehicles--passengers 1. A passenger in a motor vehicle upon a public street or highway shall not possess in the passenger area of the moto...

Illinois: LEGAL!
Florida: LEGAL!
Georgia: LEGAL!
Colorado: LEGAL!
Washington: LEGAL!
Indiana: LEGAL!
Ohio: Illegal

Ohio's law is really long and confusing, so I'll just put a link to it.

http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4301.62

Illinois: LEGAL! Florida: LEGAL! Georgia: LEGAL! Colorado: LEGAL! Washington: LEGAL! Indiana: LEGAL! IC 9-30-15-3 Open alcoholic beverage container during operation of motor vehicle; Class C infraction Sec. 3. (a) This section does not apply to the following: (1) A container possessed by a person wh...

Illinois: LEGAL! Florida: LEGAL! Georgia: LEGAL! Colorado: LEGAL! Washington: LEGAL! RCW 46.61.519 Alcoholic beverages — Drinking or open container in vehicle on highway — Exceptions. *** CHANGE IN 2010 *** (SEE 6239-S.SL) *** (1) It is a traffic infraction to drink any alcoholic beverage in a m...

Illinois: LEGAL! Florida: LEGAL! Georgia: LEGAL! Colorado: LEGAL! Colorado (per Trooper Novotny, Colorado State Patrol): It is illegal throughout Colorado to have any open containers of alcohol in a motor vehicle on a public highway. In creating the new law Colorado law makers were mindful enough to...

Illinois: LEGAL! Florida: LEGAL! Georgia: LEGAL! Open Container Law in Georgia http://www.gahighwaysafety.org/heatlaws.html The law defines "open alcoholic beverage container" as any bottle, can, or other receptacle that contains any amount of alcoholic beverage and: (1) is open or has a broken seal...

Illinois: LEGAL! Florida: LEGAL! [quote]The 2010 Florida Statutes Title XXIII MOTOR VEHICLES Chapter 316 STATE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL View Entire Chapter 316.1936Possession of open containers of alcoholic beverages in vehicles prohibited; penalties. — (1)As used in this section, the term: (a)“O...

I've been reading up on open container laws and RVs and have discovered that in many states passengers in the living area of the RV can drink alcohol, as long as it's nowhere near the driver. Everything I've read says it varys from state to state. Do you know the laws for any particular states? If s...

This may be a simple trick, but I thought I'd share it! I got a bunch of those paper chinese lanterns down in chihiatown, and hang a small LED flashlight inside!

I think they're gonna look wicked on the campsite! Total cost: about $4!

here's a an event I found just with a quick look at burning man earth: http://playaevents.burningman.com/brc/2010/art_installation/750/ Also there's Art Model Camp, which is specifically for people to either model nude, or draw nude models. No experience necessary art model camp A shade structure in...

If you look in the list of events, there's a bunch of people asking for nude models! I saw them when I was preparing my list of things I'd like to do but will probably miss. (I'm a virgin, I'm keeping my expectations reasonably low.)

I bought my tent yesterday! I'm pretty excited. http://www.sweetspot.ca/uploaded_images/WGG_Tents1.jpg A comfortable four-season tent that offers luxurious spaciousness and magnificent headroom, at a very reasonable weight-per-person. To attain this weight efficiency, it dispenses with the heavier f...

As a virgin burner, I was looking through the list of 2010 theme camps and events, ticking off ones I thought looked interesting. I came across "Black Rock Lemonade" or something like that and it says "come out on thursday to hear daft punk!" and I got so excited! Then I read this thread.

Great! Thanks!

Just bought my tent (a sweet 4-season tent from Mountain Equipment Coop) and I've still got to get pegs. Is rebar necessary for a normal sized tent?

If I get 12" stakes and keep my tent weighted will that be enough?

Ok, I dislike mentioning this in light of the circumstances, but where I'm from we consider flamingo to be a fine delicacy, the pinker the better. Personally, I prefer flamingo melted over a toasted bun. I realize this may be distressing to you CaptTrevor, and want to sincerely apologize in advance...

Well I'm glad to know that there are going to be other flamingos for Number One to hang out with. I won't feel so responsible for him now. I'll have to look into the gnome supervised flamingo play area. Is that in kidsville? Thanks for all the help guys!! Number One and I are very appreciative of th...

Here I stand, a consumate virgin
With this post, on eplaya emerging
But i'm quick with a rhyme
and in twelve earth days time
my true burning man self will be surging!