August 2008 USA trip...Burning Man!!

Well after a long long winter it was decided that I needed a US trip to do store visits, visit Ed and why not go to Burning Man seeing the time is right!!!

Started in the US visiting Ed...here he is in his lab...need to check out the cells and make sure they had not divided too much and consumed all the food!




Little Italy...goodness me this area was straight out of the Sopranos.


Mary, Ed and I out for dinner


The legendary Toms diner from the Suzanne Vega song and from Seinfeld.


Here we are (Claudia and Gendie) getting ready for Burning Man...traveling down the west coast to get the RV...then north into Nevada, Reno and the Black Rock Desert.

Drove down and stayed the night in Monterey lovely little coastal town south of Santa Cruz.



Went to Walmart (of course) to stock up for Burning Man...bikes and all...


Here is the 25 foot of love that was our home for 6 nights.


This is the drive through the valley into Black Rock Desert


Check out this link for a wicked Video of burning Man
http://www.vimeo.com/1713091

Dean, Steph and Kenji at the "Home Brewers Association" camp. With there 42 below party.





White Party...this was the night with Carl Cox...banging down his house..hard house of course!!


Me, Steph and Kenji (I wasn't going far pulling that load through the desert)


Night time on the Playa


Night time at the Deep End


Kenji and Steph at the Deep End - check out the smoke ring


Claudia having a boogie with our art car "Bacon without Borders"


Claudia at the sake bar...this was a clever gadget with cold sake from the tap at the top.


Dust storm..luckily we were inside for most of this...