I’ve kept good notes through the last couple of weeks as i’ve gotten behind in my blog.. but the only things I can recall about this day were .. a couple of mentoring meetings, a xenbox project meeting.. and more prep for my mom’s birthday. 

It all feels like  a blur

note all, nite sam

-me

I spent the day cleaning the dust out of my gear (you never really get it all out) . and jumping back into the hosue projects we have goign for October, Diane had made great progress on the front entrance way. The whole first floor is painted includign the windows and doors.. Thats a first in the 41 years we’ve owned the place it looks soooo good (pictures forthcoming). 
I also admired the Near completion of the wood frame that Eliot had tackled (with Dianes help) ..As part of that ,  We have a new roof, a new shed and bunch of storage space up above the wood. It looks beautiful . 

I then started workign on the memory book for my moms birthday. I had to get it in tonight in order to get teh completed book in time for her birthday.. 

So much going on right now.. all good stuff.. 

lots of it !

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

Woke up at (9AM in a beautifully clean hotel room , in clean sheets.. and immediately missed my dusty spot under the bus on the playa.. 

It was time to head home. My mom’s 90th birthday is this week and I had to get home,  clean up and head backk to Minneapolis ..

Got on the plane and had an uneventful flight home..

back to the real world

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

After getting our Night driving permit, Rebar took a few of us on a tour of the playa in Fluffy.It was after midnight .. so technically Sunday already.  It meant so much to me to be able to actually drive around in her.. after so much work, this is the only time I’ve been able to participate in the Fluffy experience. Even though there were only 4 of us.. it was like my own private burning man !.. We went out to the trash fence.. which is the outer perimeter of the 25 square mile burning man venue.   Got to see some art along the way. We also ran into Danny and Arron … coem to think of it.. the only folks I ran into that I knew outside of our camp

Then home to bed.. tonight I slept on the front top stage of fluffy.. .. Here’s the view I woke up to 

 

Here’s the view looking back at me

 

We got up, ate.. and started working. Today was the first official day of burning man week.. and most of our teammates were filtering in. So great to see all my old friends !I’d hoped to spend the day exploring the playa and finding friends. But there were a number of small problems with the fire system that needed work ..I was tryign to get a little more ‘oooomph” out of the poofer.. eventually got it working.  Gizzo helped me which was fun. . I didn’t get out to explore until 3… and I had to head out at 6PM.. still had so much fun !

 

The two folks from Amsterdam came buuy.. Fluffy is goign to be part of their wedding on Thiursday.. cant wait to hear about it 

 

All the folks from the rest of the camp started filtering in. I loved catching up with them.. even though I was super busy trying to get the fire working correctly… 

 

Eventuially I got out on a bike.. and saw some art.

 

One of my missions was to get a samstone into the temple The temple is a beautiful building where people [put memorial objects and wishes in tribute to others.  Its always burnt on the last night of burning man with a totally silent crowd. I always but samstones in there. This year the temple was still under construction because of the earlier rain delays .

I met this guy who was guardign the entrance of the constructions site. I asked him if he’d put the samstone in for me. We talked for a while about families, loss and beuty.. He promised to put  the samstone in a nice place foir me and for Sam. 

 

After that I headed in to ch3eck out some camps.. I dropped by my friends at Ill-ville (illumination village) in search of a part for the El Pulpo guys. .THey needed an 1/8″ to 1/4″ bushing. Tarak took me around searching for parts. Finally Sam had what I needed.. aI gave him my last SamStone . Both Tarak and Sam are good friends of my good friend James

 

time to go.. I rode back to the man to say goodbye

 

THen back to camp to say goodye.. Duane and Rbear offered to drive me the three miles to the gate in Fluffy..   Felt like leaving the playa in style 

 

 

Fluffy couldnt pass the gate without major hassle.. so I got out , prepared to walk the remaining 2 miles to the highway. Luckily this nice guy Jack was right behind us . Super great guy.. hes a cvoluteer with the heavy equipment team that his sun runs. He offered me a ride into Gerlach where I could meet my driver back to Reno

 

 

He dropped em at Brunos.. a famous landmark in Gerlach.

 

We got to watch the sunset over the lien to enter the burn.. very glad we were heading the opposite direction 

 

Minutes later my ride James and his wife showed up…  I really enjoyed talking with them on the 90 minutes ride back to Reno.. We talked about Burning Man.. which reminded me again why I love it  so much

Bye playa.. see you again.. i’m sure

nite all, nite sam!