Damn, I'm sore.

[spacebug]

Got back a bit ago from the impromptu camping trip with s4. Apparently the memory of the largely uphill, mile-long hike to the Afton campground was fuzzy and a little easier when my dear boy was in high school. No matter, we're tough, and our way-out site was very nice and secluded, allowing me to do things like whup around fire without getting noticed or in trouble. (It'd still probably be best if we didn't tell my mom, though.) This is my second attempt with real, live fire, and the first in total darkness or with photographic evidence. s4 took some damn fine















Anyone else excited for Burning Man?
heeheehee...

Comments

[echoegami.livejournal.com]

nice photos!
wee!
btw, i emailed wolf today and told him you'll be looking for him.

[lostbutton.livejournal.com]

Those are really really cool.

[lokey.livejournal.com]

Very cool.

And as for your question-- absolutely
I think I finally know what I want to do with my bike. It is going to involve getting a hold of some welding equipment though.

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

It seems so very many cool things one wants to do for burning man would be aided by welding equipment.

welding equipment

[ant7777.livejournal.com]

I can make that happen. My mother has my aceteline tanks in her garage. I tried to get her into it, because well, I hate to see that shit go to waste. But she's a busy lady. They're worth about maybe $400. Want to use it? The tanks are probably mostly full. Its so easy and fun. Danger would show you how for some tofu...

Let me know, or anyone in Mpls... Not ready to give/sell it yet. I love welding like nothing else on earth.

Re: welding equipment

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

Excellent... I've only done a small amount of welding- a bit with oxy-acetylene and a bit with a mig welder. Nothing more than a few practice seams, but yeah, i can see how it'd be addictive. My lack of drive for BM projets is annoying and lamentable; I think I'm too overwhelmed by stressors of other kinds right now. thppt. While it's hardly unique to the event, maybe poi can be more of a contribution on my part this year, if I'm not too intimidated. I still feel like I'm pretty green.

[vaxjo.livejournal.com]

How were the bugs? I ready to go camping now, but I'm afraid of all the mosquitos.

(Last year, about this time, Urs & I went camping; at quarter to 10p we decided we'd made a terrible mistake in not brining long pants/long sleeved shirts because the 'squitos were just awful. We raced to, ugh, walmart, and bought some cheap crap to wear so as to keep the bugs off. I like bugs. Just not when they're biting me.)

[spacebug.livejournal.com]

The mosquitos were pretty awful. They abated pretty well once we had a fire going, and they were okay during the day 'cause there was a nice breeze, but they were terrible around dusk. And we did* have long pants and sleeves, but they could bite through them a lot of the time. They did make good motivators not to rest so much on our hike up to the site, though...

[vaxjo.livejournal.com]

I realize you hiked in, but if you bring (or rent) bicycles, and happen to be in a park that has bike trails, that's a good way to get away from the bugs. Swimming is excellent, of course, as well. We did a lot of both these things to escape the bugs and the heat.

Maybe I'll petition beth & joe to go camping with them near the end of August.

[s4.livejournal.com]

We purchased this neato eucalyptus lotion repellant. it worked really well, to avoid the sun-down mosquitoes, but during the hike it sweated right off, and the bugs found the places it was not. We also ended up working it into our hair. and clothes and stuff.

So yeah, the bugs were bad at sunset. Bad in the swampy woodsy part of the park. Persistent at finding ways through our defenses. But not a one in the tent overnight, and none in the morning.

[birdfigment.livejournal.com]

Those are excellent pictures. Cool!

[dangerdhotrod.livejournal.com]

those pictures rule. i especially like the close up one that has the blue trail things in it that are all spirally and you can see the expression on your face.

fun pics

[ant7777.livejournal.com]

S4 will have to share some tips at BM...I loath bulky equipment, but damned, a tripod at BM would be a lot of fun.

[gunn.livejournal.com]

zounds! fire poi! neat photos.