first timer contemplating it

Lucid484 · Post by **Lucid484** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:42 pm

you guys could always have military style coffee like i have many times...take an instant coffee packet and dump into mouth,add powdered milk packet and a sugar packet....take a swig from your canteen and swish in your mouth...swallow and enjoy a very fast caffeine high

we used to do this all the time when we went into the field with MRE's..usually up and marching at around 4 am..so it was a very nice treat at like 10am.

FrankA · Post by **FrankA** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:58 pm

lol...I think I'll just stick with regular instant coffee. I drink my coffee black so I don't has to worry about cream/sugar...

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:12 am

Gray milk! lol Shambala! that's true burner multi purposing. as long as you don't mind the taste of soap. Dr. bronners sure smells good, wonder how it tastes?

FrankA · Post by **FrankA** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:24 pm

Do you get any information at the gate? Map/What Where When guide or should I print that out myself and take it with me.

or do I even need to bother?

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:41 pm

The Greeters will give you all that information. You'll get a map, a sticker and a WWW.

Also since there were 130 theme camps that didn't receive placement, we are creating another Alt-WWW guide. I volunteer for the Black Rock Beacon newspaper and we print the paper on the playa. So we're going to wait until all the camps are placed on Monday and then print a guide to their events and activities too.

Watch for the Alt-WWW on Tuesday. Also pick up your daily newspaper for daily news. News boxes are in each plaza, at Center Camp and at the Man. Also we have circulation volunteers who drive by camps on their bikes and drop off newspapers to any willing recipients.

FrankA · Post by **FrankA** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:05 am

awesome, that is exactly what I needed to know. I don't expect to be there until late tues. so hopefully I can still pick up a guide. As it is, the nubmer of events is perhaps too much to fllter throough (a good thing). Thanks to all of you for answering all of my n00b questions and, hopefully i won't have anymore.

FrankA · Post by **FrankA** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:36 pm

And now that is has gotten this close...

Notice how the ePlaya has slowed down as some people have already left. The rest of us are getting ready to leave or, at least should be.
We can see the daily updates of the progress of the city so far.

It makes me wish I was leaving earlier.

Artemis · Post by **Artemis** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:45 pm

FrankA wrote: It makes me wish I was leaving earlier.

but then you'd have less time to run around like a chicken with your head cut off attending to last minute items

good luck and have fun!

Lucid484 · Post by **Lucid484** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:55 am

which is why i'm glad i packed 2 days ago......plane leaves to morrow and today i'm just marking locations/camps id like to visit on my map =)

FrankA · Post by **FrankA** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:41 am

I am kind of half packed, just to get an idea of how much room I have however; I am not leaving till early tues. morning and don't have to work monday so I will have all day to finish up and, finalize my list of stuff I need to buy in reno. Doesn't help with me being impatient/anxious though.

Lucid484 · Post by **Lucid484** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:57 am

a friend brought my tent in last week...got his location so gotta find him when i get down..but all im bringing with me now is clothes and a stop at walmart in reno for food.