Any Burners from Florida?

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Any Burners from Florida?

Post by shamanlady+54 » Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:33 am

Hi to all fantastic burners! My name is Pamela and I have always thought of attending the burning man festival and never made it (yet). Would like to meet other burners to connect and hopefully make it to next year's burn - I live in S. Florida :) Am interested in all things connected to nature, shamanism, crystal energy, magic, music, art, dance - and anything else that translates to the "out of the box mentality". Have watched this year's live stream burn and some youtube videos on various prior burns and feel a longing to get away from the "corporate life" - into the magical realm of "burning man" :wink: Thank you!

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Re: Any Burners from Florida?

Post by Elderberry » Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:50 am

Hey there, welcome to eplaya!
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Re: Any Burners from Florida?

Post by shroom » Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:52 am

Welcome! Read as much as you can on here and the official burning man site. It helped me a lot. I'm from Georgia so we have about the same distance to travel. I drove across country and it was a great experience. I'm returning next year!
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Re: Any Burners from Florida?

Post by shamanlady+54 » Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:38 am

Thanks Elderberry and Schroom for your welcome! Love the mudskippercafe and photos ;) have been checking out the site and there is a lot of helpful info., which will take time to read and sort through - Am interested in joining a theme camp and helping out. What advice can you give to "newbies"?
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Re: Any Burners from Florida?

Post by BlueCrusDude » Sun Sep 14, 2014 4:30 pm

I'm from NW Florida in Pensacola and am looking forward to hopefully going to my FIRST burn next year. I'm also looking for information on theme camps and possibly sharing my ride. I'm doing the cross country bit too.

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Re: Any Burners from Florida?

Post by ikkaj » Tue Sep 16, 2014 1:57 am

Howdy!
I'm a BM virgin from Orlando fl, I'm looking to experience my first burn next year (hopefully) but maybe ill be better prepared for 2016. I'll possibly be doing the cross country journey as well. I plan on attending the Orlando Regional burn sometime in November. (The AfterBurn) Maybe i'll see you there!?!?! :P
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Re: Any Burners from Florida?

Post by shroom » Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:14 am

shamanlady+54 wrote:Thanks Elderberry and Schroom for your welcome! Love the mudskippercafe and photos ;) have been checking out the site and there is a lot of helpful info., which will take time to read and sort through - Am interested in joining a theme camp and helping out. What advice can you give to "newbies"?
On the trip across country I gave myself 2 days in each direction. A good tip is to figure how far you will travel and reserve a hotel or camp ground in advance. (i did both) I did tent camping and did just fine. Decide how you will camp (tent, other structure, rv) and read as much as you can on that.
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Re: Any Burners from Florida?

Post by omegared » Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:36 am

Howdy shamanlady. I'm from central Florida. If you want to connect with more Florida burners a good place to start is our regional Facebook page. Search for The Florida Burns ** )'( ** PreHeat & Afterburn on Facebook. Another good place for information is www.burntorangesevents.com... that is where everything for the Florida regional burns is organized... well most of it... well some of it... that's where they sell the invites anyways.
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Re: Any Burners from Florida?

Post by Savannah » Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:44 pm

Welcome!

Here's a good thread for you:

How to Join a Theme Camp
viewtopic.php?f=364&t=36767

Please note, theme camps are optional. :)
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Re: Any Burners from Florida?

Post by Drawingablank » Wed Oct 22, 2014 1:22 pm

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Re: Any Burners from Florida?

Post by shamanlady+54 » Sat Oct 25, 2014 2:37 pm

Thank you all for the welcome and useful information! Am actually looking for a local gathering near the Miami area. If anyone has a connection to that area, please send me a message. Much appreciated! :)
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Re: Any Burners from Florida?

Post by theCryptofishist » Sat Oct 25, 2014 4:41 pm

Try the regional page on the main site.
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Re: Any Burners from Florida?

Post by omegared » Sat Nov 29, 2014 4:37 pm

shamanlady+54 wrote:Thank you all for the welcome and useful information! Am actually looking for a local gathering near the Miami area. If anyone has a connection to that area, please send me a message. Much appreciated! :)
They have the Love Burn down in Miami over Valentine's day weekend. Tickets are on sale now.
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