I has a basket
It was yoooooou!
Randy from Black Rock Cycles
Can't sleep, the clown will get me
I'm so excited
Actually, we weren't. We were a mile past the right exit. It took us another 30 miles to realise.
the line begins
Welcome home
the SUV Mike-a-matic arrives at the welcome sign
we have no idea what's ahead
the duststorm begins
I has a ticket
We arrived in a whiteout duststorm. Luckily the first people to arrive were awesome and got the shade structure setup.
No measly duststorm can dampen our spirits!
It just kept blowin'
Putting up a tent in a duststorm is a team event.
One of these things is not like the other. The duststorm claims it's first victim (the pole snapped clean through)
It's an EL wire crab flag
Tanya's green faery wings
We found a merry-go-round on the playa. wheeee!
Flying pig art car. We rode this to the Temple Burn later in the week
It puts the lotion on it's skin...
The bar preparing to open for business
Being served
A cup of tea! So civilised.
360 degree impact protection
shiny
moo?
the squid art car with synchronised 'swimmers'
well...sort of synchronised
centre camp, as seen from the Man
poppies on the playa
Chesire cat art car
Colleen and Meredith
the Temple. construction in progress
the bugs out here are HUGE
it's a bird, it's a plain
crabs!
the bar at night
we stayed out till dawn
I stayed out till dawn too. PS. using a flash on the playa is pointless
so pretty. must sleep before the yellow scare ball arrives
headin' out to the cowboy sunset serenade
aww shucks
chilli time
strike a posse
this whiskey is so good
lonesome cowgirl
do you have a flag?
cowboy sunset serenade
cheers
volvo crash protection gone mad
the inimitable Mindy
a dome away from home
the littlest art car
art?
the reception was pretty good
our bikes at night. visible from the Moon
this thing was fun. it needed a shade structure over it though
the line for Astral Headwash. after 5 days in the desert it was out of this world
sunset from atop the RV 'Plan A'
fixin' the flag
Flaming Lotus Girls' Mutopia. Giant steel flower sculptures that are on fire and have buttons and joysticks for you to control it. omfg this was awesome
Tanya, dressed as the Green Faery, gives one of the Flaming Lotus Girls an absinthe lollipop
oooooo
fire to the left of me, hippies to the right, here I am...
Tanya at the controls. If you press the joystick to the right all 3 jets go at once. FWOOSH!
I love this shot. It makes them look like something out of 'War Of The Worlds'
do not taunt Super Happy Fun Ball
excuse me, I think your art car is on fire...
Temple at night
taking photos from the top of the Tower Of Babel was pointless. it was in constant motion from all the people tromping up and down the 10 stories of steel.
not the best shot but this whole bus and it's trailer were covered in white artificial fur. tactile!
EL wire is awesome
the Temple on the right and the flaming laser duck on the left
the whole temple is covered in messages and dedications
?
I wanted a shot of the tracks in the playa with these two in profile. I figured “what the hell” and asked them. Then proceeded to get all nervous and flub it.
Then they got all serious.
the Man, seen from the Temple
Tetris blocks. They all lit up at night. The tall black one was actually a 3 storey projection screen you could play Tetris on.
Tower Of Babel, seen from the Temple
Space Bug!
surviving another duststorm
this is my serious face
where we're going we won't *need* shirts
There's no place like home. There's no place like home.
duststorm redux
Stanley siblings
where once our camp stood
time to leave
Temple burn
smoke/dust vortexes
the main structure took a long time to finally collapse
waiting for the airport shuttle in Reno. after several showers...
