Posted on 08/27/2014 12:16:06 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
Hundreds of travelers on the road to Burning Man in their quest for oneness with nature and celebration of self-expression on a peaceful playa in northern Nevada's desert didn't expect to spend their first night in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart or Reno resort casino.
But most were taking it in stride and were largely optimistic — as so-called "Burners" are apt to be — that the gates to the counterculture event would reopen Tuesday after rare rain showers in the Black Rock Desert turned the ancient lake bottom to a muddy quagmire the day before...
...Dozens of RVs and vans bound for Burning Man were parked at the Wal-Mart at the Three Nations Plaza, and nearly a hundred more across the street by sundown at the Grand Sierra Resort along U.S. Interstate 80 just east of downtown Reno....
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“....my observation is that Burning Man is not a magnet for the highly cultured New Yorker.”
Yes, I’d think not. 3 days in the desert, no thank you!
It sounds fascinating. They could perform at the Reno Walmart!
there a lot of burning bush up thataway.
The first two times I went, I did not see a single piece of trash and was barefoot the entire time (it's basically an endless beach). Last year was not nearly as clean unfortunately. Most likely due to the event being everywhere in the media these days rather than word-of-mouth.
I go mostly for seminars, workshops and inspiration for engineering.
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