Greetings potential driverpersons! We're a couple of east coasters lacking in the vehicle pass department and looking to make new friends. Our current plan is to arrive in Reno by plane really late Friday, run our errands all over town Saturday in a frenzy of last minute preparations (I'm going to r...

Actually, yes. Thankfully it was plastic and disposable to begin with. Its certainly a smaller spoon now

TPBM has an awesome hairstyle planned for the burn.

Don't we all? Flying vs driving vs train vs bus to Reno. Driving in vs bus vs plane to the event, which ties into tent vs box truck, To bike or not to bike, which style, should I mess with sending it across the country or just buy/rent in Reno. What do I want to do with my career. If its fun to thin...

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Somewhat like Popeyes suggestion. Put your 11 cooler campers in a circle with the entrance to their structures facing out. Generator goes in the middle of the circle. (Honda 1000 should do it) Plug in a "smart charger" connected to 2 100AH batteries hooked in parallel. Replace the plugs on some pow...

I rented a box truck and camped in the back rather than using a tent my first year. You'd be surprised how much of your camping kit can fit in luggage if you remove excess packaging and pack your clothes around them. I did all my grocery and last minute oh crap shopping in Reno before heading out. D...

Welcome to the forums, make yourself at home. Lurk and learn, and post some too. Looks like there's a decent burner community in your area, check in with some of the groups over on http://regionals.burningman.org/regiona ... /michigan/. Good luck with tickets, hope to see you in the dust!

Welcome to eplaya! Fellow Virginian checking in. Hope to see you out in the dust.

Greetings from a fellow Virginian, and welcome to eplaya! Remember to pace yourself and take breaks on that drive. As long as you have space to safely carry the shade structure on the way in you're fine. As for camping with/without a theme camp, 'better' is subjective. I had a blast going solo with ...

East coaster checking in! I went for the first time in 2012, finally going back for my second burn this year. I flew in to Reno and rented a box truck from the folks at the Budget on Gentry Way (burner friendly business, positive experience with them, would recommend) and just camped in the back. It...

Well, that was a lot less time and drama with the queue than I was expecting. Tickets acquired. ^_^

Just got home to check my profile and everything is back how it should be. Good luck on tickets tomorrow everyone!

Weird. My confirmation badge under shiny things is gone too. Also can't seem to find the confirmation email I was supposed to get, but I do still have my screencapped confirmation page/code. Message away to support, will let you all know if/when I hear back. Its probably fine, but I'm not messing ar...

Greetings my burner family! I just resurrected my account from several years worth of mothballs, my last login before today was in 2013. :oops: I last (and first) attended the burn in 2012, then life happened and I moved, changed trades (electrical work is so much more fun than changing oil in cars ...

Like the title says, what do you listen to while waiting for tickets? Do you go for cheese songs? Do you have songs that remind you of the playa that are more personal? Do you just go for maximum oontz to get hype? so far on my list for this year I've got: Darude- Sandstorm: For cheese and oontz, bu...

Dear Eric,
I have a mild case of second year megalomania but cannot attend this year. So far I've recruited two virgin friends to join me at TTITD. Is it too early (or late) for us to start planning our theme camp, two mutant vehicles, awesome pimped out bikes, and two interactive art pieces?

I think I finally get the silly "RV's aren't radically self reliant" argument. The gist of the issue isn't really self-reliance at all, its that some folks think RV's aren't radical enough.

In honor of the date, I read somewhere Guy Fawkes was a scapegoat.

DAMMIT BILL, 7 migraines with aura in 8 days. WHY!? The headaches aren't all that bad, even though they're persistent buggers, but do you really need to fuck with my vision and therefore ability to drive and operate machinery (a rather important part of being a mechanic) for 20-30 minutes at a time?

Change of plans, I think I'll be a soggy hurricane survivor, assuming I make it through tonight and tomorrow. I did have a new idea for party treats if I manage to keep power and decide to pull a party together. Homemade caramel apples with vanilla candy glass pieces drizzled with cherry syrup. Can'...

So we're meeting at the Hof? :? Hmmm sounds nice, but a 2500 mile bug out sounds rather iffy at best for moi. I'm concerned just making it 250 miles up north once the walls come down and the horde flee's Detroit. I know how you feel, I'm stuck way the fuck out on the eastern seaboard. Maybe we coul...

I'm leaning towards Fluttershy or maybe zombie Fluttershy, but Kaylee from Firefly/Serenity is a costume I've been trying to find a reason to do for years now. I could also be vampire Fluttershy, or pony Kaylee. Decisions, decisions...

Part 4 of the census is finally up at http://census.burningman.com

So 2012 was my first year, and I've had one idea bouncing around in my head for around a year before I made it to the playa, two ideas that hit me while I was there, and one that came from a movie I saw the other day. First, and my highest priority (several years from now is my best guestimate for e...

Any self-respecting Indian taco would have beef or bacon in it. And lots of it. I thought I heard the ones for vegans were called Indian-giver tacos. Lucky me, my tacos don't respect themselves. :P And as far as indian giver tacos, yes, I expect an equivalent return on my tacos, in the form of the ...

Okay, craving satisfied. For anyone interested, the recipe I used was 1 cup flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 pinch salt 1 tsp sugar mix dry ingredients, SLOWLY add water to form dough, form dough into a ball, flatten, fry in oil till golden brown, flip, repeat, enjoy. topped it with lettuce, tomato, vega...

Dammit, now I have to find a recipe and go shopping for ingredients so I can satisfy this craving for deliciousness you jerks people have reminded me of. (thank you)

Blue Samsung Intensity II on Verizon , contract got a text out Monday afternoonish (sent from 7:30 &A) migrated to (7:45 G/H) Tuesday, attempted a text that evening but it failed. Tried again early Wednesday morning (8ish) and it got through. Also managed a brief call that morning around 9 am that l...

I saw a lot of spray on sunscreen out there, and wanted to give a heads-up to anyone who might not know this yet. Even when spray on sunscreen has dried, avoid open flame and other sources of ignition, it can ignite and ruin your day/burn. http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/chesapeake/spray-on-...

have a unnatural loathing for feathers. Saw one on the ground at work yesterday and automatically mooped it and silently cursed at whoever lost it before I realized I was in the shop at work and no one there cares if the floor is dirty. Still haven't figured out where the feather came from, but It f...