First full day of Sunburn. Gabe flew in about 2:30.. becky picked him up and they came out to Sunburn to meet us. The festival is really nice.. small and friendly in a really interesting venue.. Lots of cool camps.. a few art pieces..a dn several camps with shows/ open bars.. Some wired stuff like naked chandelier wrestling for those who are in to it.. A really great day !

woke early

And  set  out  to  explore

We began prepping the church for the three events we’re hosting today.. First was Dianes ‘pew yoga”. then old age bingo.. then a full on party late tonight

 

Yoga was so great.. we set up 8 pies and filled them

At one point we all started at the knotty ceiling. I swear I saw our dog Chai looking down 🙂

Next came set up for bingo .. Atticus had made custom horns for people.. (Max made a DNA one for Gabe !)

The church is a sweet tiny building.. very clean.. .. or at least it was. We all chipped in to decorate it in F*cking Unicorn themed material. including custom made horns .

 

 

max took a session working with registration and was able to give us a golf cart ride around the whole place.. super fun

George took a turn bar tending .. dressed as Einstein

DIane made us all burritos.. yum !

I notice one of my mom and dads old coolers among max and Beckys gear.. nice !

around 4 the skies began to darken and we had a short sprinkle.. it brought a little rainbow.. but not much else

but then it started to Pur.. >. a solid wall of water that turned the ground to 6 inches of mud !.. Lighting all around.. a bolt hit hear the camp. Several folks saw it blow a plume of dirt in the air..

The rain stopped but the place was a huge mess.. nut everywhere.. everyone was soaked.. but the show must go on.. We prepped for the big party ion the evening.

Karen found a tarantula while we were getting the lights and music ready

Please tracked in tons of mud.. but also good vibes as karen. bill and max DJ’ed until 2AM.

Fantastic night..!

major clean up coming tomorrow !

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

We spent the morning. and a good part of the afternoon prepping for our short trip to the sunburn festival. It’s only 16 miles out of Santa.. but a completely different world. .  We hit three different stores in search of food, drink and supplies.. It was hard work in the 90 plus degree heat.. but we got it done, i

ncluding buying 160 dollars in fuel for our generators.. not the greenest festival in the world for sure 🙁

We made the quick 30 min trip out to Sunburn.. It’s a regional burning man group event.. and this is our second time coming as a family. The event is held at Eaves movie ranch where Sunburn happens. (Check out Eaves.. you’ve very likely seen movies that were filmed here)

Our camp is called the F*cking Unicorns and is made up of many friends of Max and Beck (and ours) ,.. Many who work or worked at MeowWolf.. the Interactive Experience venue. .. Last time we were here we were running the Brothers.. this year our venue is the church.. ..

We spent the rest of the afternoon setting up camp and exploring the place and the people. Its a small event.. only 350 people.. and even smaller this year because many folks had to bail because of covid. We’re all testing regularly here

Here are some scenes of setup and our first night here.

Great 2nd night camping in our van

nite all, nite sam

-me

we woke before 4am and headed to the airport (thanks to kyle for driving). it was supposedly a long trip to santa fe.. but not long enough for me to get everything I needed to do done

we got to santa fe around midday and met Brian , the really wonderful guy we’re renting our van from . the van is really great .. nearly new and really

wrll fitred out . it’s a Thor van bet we’re calling it ‘Loki’

 

we headed to santa fe to max and becky’s. beckys folks and our good friends george and doreen showed up about an hour after we got there and the  process of prepping for the sunburn festival began

 

Slept in the van out on the street…. great seeing !
we’re heading out to the desert tomorrow !

nite all, nite sam

-me

today was mostly a prep day for our coming trip to santa fe. spent time at work trying to make up for being gone the previous two weeks in hawaii and getting set for another 2.5 weeks in New Mexico. such a busy summer !

one highlight was that diane handed me the first blue o of the summer !

work is always fun   . something always happening

always interesting  to see who drops by.. today it was rebars family

 

later that evening i went over to our friwnd marys to see a new piece shes  made for beta. it was so beitiful. ill post some pics here as soon as shes shown it oublicly . its truly amazing

 

last visit of the day was from olivier’s mom and dad . we got to show them our (currently very messy ) house. they are such warm and fun people !

ok tomorrow we fly again !

 

nite all, nite sam

-me