Memorial Day Weekend on The Playa

mykidsdaddy · Post by **mykidsdaddy** » Sun May 17, 2009 5:31 pm

Is there going to be a large turnout for this coming weekend??? Any idea how many people will be out here?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun May 17, 2009 7:41 pm

Is the playa floor fit for camping? because if there's still a lake...

btw, I won't be there.

mykidsdaddy · Post by **mykidsdaddy** » Sun May 17, 2009 9:37 pm

Straight up...I have never been to the Playa! I live here and work here but I haven't had the time to PLAY here YET!!! I work at the gypsum plant and when I am off work I am working on our place here. There are a zillion projects that need to be done. I am hoping to make a trip out on the Playa soon...even if it's just for the morning.

I will ask some of the guys I work with, they are out in the desert often on their quads. they would be the ones to ask.

I thought the event was a BM sponsored thing. I heard there is going to be a live band and raffles. Tickets to BM are on the list of prizes too.
I am not sure exactly...but I think tickets are $75.00 for the weekend.

I am sure there will be someone else on here that actually knows!

mojo · Post by **mojo** » Mon May 18, 2009 12:39 pm

KidsDaddy:

I'm so glad you are there doing what you're doing -

Sorry I don't have any info on Memorial day weekend but the recent JackRabbit Speaks mentioned that the playa is still wet. That's a good omen for later in the season to cut down on the playa snakes (small dunes that throw you off your bike)

I will be around for 4th of Juplaya though and I will make it a point to stop in to say hello and thanks for getting the place up and running. We need you and appreciate you!

mykidsdaddy · Post by **mykidsdaddy** » Mon May 18, 2009 6:31 pm

Thanks Mojo! We are all trying to get EVERYTHING ready! 40-50,000 people is ALOT to prepare for! I hope the burners are an understanding group. There may not be quite the massive preparations this year...we are still rebuild the business, one load at a time. Hopefully...Our Karma has run over his Dogma!!!

mojo · Post by **mojo** » Mon May 18, 2009 6:39 pm

Since you haven't yet been to the event, do you need us to give you any suggestions of merchandise that we think you may want to stock up on in anticipation?

Oldguy · Post by **Oldguy** » Mon May 18, 2009 7:20 pm

I always stopped in to get a tub of potato salad, cold sodas, and some candy; Non-perishable food plus some last minute forgotten items like batteries, condoms, cigarettes, etc...
Burners might take the shuttle in during the week for goodies like perishables. General store like stuff would be good too: like twine, tarps, camping stuff. Repair kits, hardware, bike stuff, books/mags, small propane and butane bottles, flashlights and blinkies, tires and tubes, assorted nuts/bolts.
Arrangement was a camping isle, a hardware/tool isle, sandwich bar with microwave, chairs and table corner, and a typical mom/pop store setup. Homemade cookies were good. A rebuilding donation jar would get a lot of dollars.
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Edited to add booze.
Oh, and inexpensive beer, wine, liquor would be good. PBR is popular as well as generic vodka, whiskey, and mixers...

mykidsdaddy · Post by **mykidsdaddy** » Mon May 18, 2009 9:30 pm

mojo wrote:Since you haven't yet been to the event, do you need us to give you any suggestions of merchandise that we think you may want to stock up on in anticipation?

YES!!! any and all input is great!

I am about one or two nights away from publishing a store website.
I had to go with http://www.theempirestore.com I tried to get it without the word "The" but another store(In England, I think) has that. I have never done anything like this (website design) so it's going kinda slow.
Anyway...there will be a page to click on called contact us (real original huh?) and I will check it daily and relay wants and needs to my Father-in-law and have him try to include the requested item in the "list".

Oldman...Thank you~ The general store stuff and camping stuff is definitely on the list! There is already some (not much) of the items you mentioned.
We hope to bring in more all the time.

Beer, Booze and wine...got em! Runnin' kinda low on beer right now though! It was almost 100 here yesterday! Great beer drinkin' weather.
I drank beer and worked around here as well as in my veggie garden.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:50 pm

Uranium 238, plutonium, anti-matter, youth potions, light sabers, magic swords...-- er, wait. Wrong list of items...

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:30 am

Psst... It's Labor Day, not Memorial Day.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:21 am

Ya gotta get a soda machine in there for icy drinks....oh yeah, I suppose you will need an ice machine also !!!

Be sure to keep sugar cubes in stock also, Absinthe drinkers always need em'.........

mykidsdaddy · Post by **mykidsdaddy** » Tue May 19, 2009 12:42 pm

oneeyeddick wrote:Ya gotta get a soda machine in there for icy drinks....oh yeah, I suppose you will need an ice machine also !!!

Be sure to keep sugar cubes in stock also, Absinthe drinkers always need em'.........

Yeah...we tried...it seems the previous tennant fucked CocaCola over and just like all of our other accounts, he did it in our company name...not his!!! So when Pops called Coca Cola in Sparks, they pretty much told him NO!
Maybe I can talk to the Coke rep myself and see what it will take to mend the ties.

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Tue May 19, 2009 4:33 pm

mykidsdaddy wrote:
oneeyeddick wrote:Ya gotta get a soda machine in there for icy drinks....oh yeah, I suppose you will need an ice machine also !!!

Be sure to keep sugar cubes in stock also, Absinthe drinkers always need em'.........
Yeah...we tried...it seems the previous tennant fucked CocaCola over and just like all of our other accounts, he did it in our company name...not his!!! So when Pops called Coca Cola in Sparks, they pretty much told him NO!
Maybe I can talk to the Coke rep myself and see what it will take to mend the ties.

Trust me, PEPSI is BETTER.....

mykidsdaddy · Post by **mykidsdaddy** » Tue May 19, 2009 4:58 pm

Post by **mdmf007** » Tue May 19, 2009 7:39 pm

ibdave wrote:
mykidsdaddy wrote:
oneeyeddick wrote:Ya gotta get a soda machine in there for icy drinks....oh yeah, I suppose you will need an ice machine also !!!

Be sure to keep sugar cubes in stock also, Absinthe drinkers always need em'.........
Yeah...we tried...it seems the previous tennant fucked CocaCola over and just like all of our other accounts, he did it in our company name...not his!!! So when Pops called Coca Cola in Sparks, they pretty much told him NO!
Maybe I can talk to the Coke rep myself and see what it will take to mend the ties.
Trust me, PEPSI is BETTER.....

My god - you really have to fuck a pop vendor to not get an open account.
I know your cash strapped, but buy the first load in advance and see if they will work with you. We pay 20 cents a can from Pepsi for our machines in our shop. That's delivered, and put into the machines that they gave us - loaned us whatever.

mykidsdaddy · Post by **mykidsdaddy** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:56 pm

CocaCola came a few weeks ago and picked up what was left of their machines. Vending machine out back looked like it came from the dump. And the fresh soda dispenser inside the store...all the product lines were solidified. The machine was probably taken back to Sparks and disposed of!
Like I said...I think I will call them personally and see what's up! I usually don't get involved in what is going on with the mgmt' of the store. My Father-in-law is running the show and my Brother-in-law...The Omnipotent Vice President and General Manager is quick to voice thoughts and opinions that should be just that!
I agree with you 007...there must have been some serious bridges burnt. I believe with some tact and diplomacy I can probably get something going.
Like I said though...The previous tennant REALLY jacked these guys around.
The Coke Company let him use a special event trailer and he didn't return it. I THINK it was picked up with the vending machine and dispenser a few weeks ago too. I say I THINK...because it wasn't on or near our store property! Someone towed it outta here around Oct 1st 08.
I think this is why we are being blackballed.

Oh yeah..Pepsi still needs to come out and pick up what is left of their cooler and vending machine also! Again..."rubbish" is being generous!

Maybe that girl left her sign around here somewhere...
I need a Miracle

Goddess_Lisa · Post by **Goddess_Lisa** » Wed May 20, 2009 10:39 am

mykidsdaddy wrote:Is there going to be a large turnout for this coming weekend??? Any idea how many people will be out here?

I don't know how many people are going (I think they are expecting 500). It's through the friends of the black rock (http://www.blackrockfriends.org/blackrockrendezvous/) and the RGJ did a fantastic article on it over the weekend. My husband and I will be out there this weekend. I'm bringing organic wasabi/sesame hummus to the potluck on Saturday night...

mykidsdaddy · Post by **mykidsdaddy** » Wed May 20, 2009 4:55 pm

Thanks Lisa! I just copy/pasted this from a different thread. My thanks to Oldguy...he posted it in the other thread.

Hey there playa lovers,

Black Rock Rendezvous, May 22-25
Cassidy Mine, Black Rock Desert, Gerlach Nevada

This is your last reminder to pack up the car this Friday and head
for Gerlach for a little early season dust!

It's a weekend of fun, education, exploration, giving back, dancing
and more at the 5th annual Black Rock Rendezvous.

Advance tickets are still available online through this Thursday.
Tickets are inexpensive and include select meals, happy hour, kids
camp, pot luck (bring a lil somethin'), dutch oven cookoff, general
tours, fireworks, cowboy poetry, history and lore, live music
featuring Drinking With Clowns and Frame of Mind, souvenir cup + beer.

Get all the details for this leave-no-trace camping event online at
www.blackrockrendezvous.org.

Participating and contributing organizations & groups: Friends of
Black Rock High Rock, Nevada Outdoor School, Friends of NV
Wilderness, Controlled Burn, Americorps, Aeropac, Oregon California
Trails Association, Tahoe Fire Dancers, Frame of Mind, Drinking With
Clowns, Stoney Holiday, Burning Man, Earth Guardians, Desert
Survivors, Leon Flick Cowboy Poetry, Historian and Author Chuck Dodd,
Disco Dorje and the Green Leprechaun, Nevada Commission on Tourism,
Bureau of Land Management, Old Iveson Ranch, Soldier Meadows Ranch,
Great Basin Brewery, Buckbean Brewing Co, Black Rock Pizza, Cabela's,
Mark Fore & Strike, Scolari's, Twig & Turtle, Doug Keister Photography.

Special thanks to the countless others who are contributing to make
this great event happen!

See you in Gerlach,

Friends of Black Rock
www.blackrockdesert.org
www.blackrockrendezvous.org

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Wed May 20, 2009 5:11 pm

Goddess_Lisa wrote: I'm bringing organic wasabi/sesame hummus to the potluck on Saturday night...

Be sure to put a nice big label on that, some people have severe reactions to wasabi(asthmatics and such).

Goddess_Lisa · Post by **Goddess_Lisa** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:53 pm

oneeyeddick wrote:
Goddess_Lisa wrote: I'm bringing organic wasabi/sesame hummus to the potluck on Saturday night...
Be sure to put a nice big label on that, some people have severe reactions to wasabi(asthmatics and such).

Thank you for the reminder!!!

mykidsdaddy · Post by **mykidsdaddy** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:08 pm

There have been shitloads of cars, trucks, trailers and Motorhomes coming thru here today and tonight. We have been busy! Alot of people headed out to the desert! Have fun!!!

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Barbie · Post by **Barbie** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:19 am

Have Ya seen them GO back the OTHER way??? Did You guys HAve FUN fun fun on the PLAYA?? How Are the Conditions? Inquiring minds NEED to KNOW!!

Goddess_Lisa · Post by **Goddess_Lisa** » Wed May 27, 2009 2:57 pm

It was so awesome that we're already planning to go to the Rendezvous again next year! We worked out on the dunes restoration project with the Friends of the Nevada Wilderness/Friends of the Black Rock and the playa was DRY. We had one mild dust storm, thunderstorm, and rainstorm.

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:14 pm

the playa was "dry", huh ?

( will someone just shoot me now )

ourania · Post by **ourania** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:32 pm

Don't load that gun quite yet. I just read this in the thread "Playa Conditions 2009":
"Anyhoo, we just went to the Black Rock Rendezvous, and aside from being not very Burner friendly, it gave us a nice preview of Playa conditions. It really looks great so far, dry, cracked and hard-pan...as it should be! Keep sacrificing those buckets of Kentucky Fried Chix, it's working! Now, if only all the motor cross assholes won't keep scarring it up! On second thought, spare the KFC and sacrifice the bikers!"

Frankly, I don't know what to believe. I figure we'll just take it as it comes...so to speak dick.

Goddess_Lisa · Post by **Goddess_Lisa** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:34 pm

Well, it seemed so to me as I helped clean the playa ... after a year, I picked up a dozen or so sequins and beads. By the way, anyone lose their false teeth at the party on Saturday night? I found those as well and passed the piece on to the Friends wagon...

Goddess_Lisa · Post by **Goddess_Lisa** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:47 pm

oneeyeddick wrote:
( will someone just shoot me now )

I do predict dust. If you need, I have a vintage sari you can have to wrap around your face as you fellowship in the shelter of someone's tent...

... a bacon and mango salad sounds delicious right about now ...

oneeyeddick · Post by **oneeyeddick** » Wed May 27, 2009 3:53 pm

Yeah, I know ourania, I saw that too. but "It really looks great so far, dry, cracked and hard-pan...as it should be!" sounds great on paper, but that would also be the description of last years playa, with the addition of "some loose dust piles , here and there"

we are going out there for the weekend in two weeks, I will drive a 18"spike into the ground, take pics of it, try to rock it back and forth, take pics again, drive the RV with it's pizza cutter front tires back and forth a couple of times, take pics of that, and so on.
The "hard-pan," description is nice to see, but the depth of that hardness is what really matters here, or more importantly in that other thread about the playa conditions over yonder.

No offence meant, Goddes Lisa, glad to have another newb from Reno with enthusiasm onboard here.

Goddess_Lisa · Post by **Goddess_Lisa** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:06 pm

oneeyeddick wrote:No offence meant, Goddes Lisa, glad to have another newb from Reno with enthusiasm onboard here.

It takes a lot to offend me (unless of course your my in-law) ... And thanks for the welcome, I'm looking forward to a longer stay on the playa...

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