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This was Katie's inaugural burn. Burning Man is a sort of arts festival, or perhaps a social experiment in a temporary society. Whatever you wan't to call it, it's one hell of a stimulating week.

I drove to San Francisco, and Katie flew down a bit later to meet me. We spent the final days in constant prep mode. We had food shopping to do, and lot's of arts and crafts.

Namely we were working on a scarf project, of which there are photos below. The idea is that all of the scarves communicate over radio signals to synchronize LED animations. They're really fun for a group to play with.

Mac and Lisa hosted us, and we all kicked butt to make it one of the best burns ever.

Thanks to everyone out there who made all of the art, it really couldn't have been better.

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Mac explains how electricity works at Burning Man
Pure bliss
Giving Big Red lights!
Manually molding plastic knobs for scarf control
The Scarf Swarm ready to go!
This scarf business is serious stuff.
Cory add's pepper to his ketchup at In and Out
First morning on the Playa, we've been awake for ~24 hours here
Katie beating the heat.
Perfect flying conditions.
Flying a kite with the Folly behind.
Katie flying it!
All of the salt please.
Someone good at taking pictures took our photo. Thanks stranger!
"Desert Wave" was one of our favorite pieces.
We turned the scarves off to enjoy the glowing art of the Desert Wave.
Lisa enjoying a higher perspective on the desert wave.
Panorama! A panorama of our camp set up. Basic, but complete.
Katie on tutu Tuesday.
Lisa and Aaron lighting up the night.
Cory poses in front of The Folly
Nothing like clean hair in the middle of the week.
Selfie on the playa
Katie's first dust storm
Katie surviving and thriving in her first bit of dust.
An awe inspring light project.
Made it to Tycho sunrise! Super lovely morning injuries aside.
A kind soul offered to take our photo. Thank you!
Katie's knee after the bonk.
An icy smile.
Still chipper, even after a sunrise set.
A view from the top of the folly.
Aaron almost a day into a pork butt smoke.
Phil in rare form.
The Folly burning.
The burning of the folly.
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Lisa finds a bit of art.
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Lisa finds a bit of art.
Deep playa just before the man burned.
The sunset before the burn
A fantastic photo-op for a new couple.
We all met up for breakfast on the way out, somewhere around Reno.
Katie flying the kite atop Bernal Hill.
Did you forget my bowl of soup? Sorry Molly!
Swapped out the plugs and cables on the side of the road in 90 minutes. Emissions passed.
The old plugs didn't look too bad.
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