Hiya campers!

I'm here. Nyah, nyah.

I rolled past the three mile gate at exactly 8:00 pm on Saturday. It was snowing.

Okay, it wasn't really snow, but I was sure reminded of the stories of polar bears hiding their noses to conceal themselves in snow environs.
If it had been snow, I'm sure that a lurking polar bear would be nearby.

It was a very dramatic "welcome back" in the form of a Black Rock City dust storm.

I could not have planned a finer entrance. I made it no farther than the BRC Dept of Public Works for a little while, and then proceeded into the site of the 2007 Burning Man event.

I hope I am able to convey the current near-emptiness and BRC's rapid growth to a fair city in one week,

Sadly, I have few pictures to show as of Monday early AM. The dust and winds remained through early last evening.

Hey guys, they really do keep right on working!

One especial part of Saturday's pre-event events was the "DPW Burn," a symbolic turover of BRC from the DPW Dept. to the "event staff." It doesn't really have anything at all to do with a turnover, but it does very well as a reminder of where the event has been

I could easily imagine a group of revelers at Baker Beach, and of the burning of a much smaller "Man."

On Saturday night, our man was abot fifteen feet high, and sported animated features that included "drinking" a beer, and "puffing" on a really big one!

It was followed by a dinosaur and some other structures (including a mini-temple).

There were, maybe, 200 of us. Laughing. Happy.

Missing you. Maybe.

grin