August 23 – September 2, 2019 2019 was my eleventh straight trip to That Thing In The Desert (TTITD). A friend I hadn’t met yet gave me my first ticket in 2009. I was terrified the first time. I didn’t know anyone, had never camped alone, and all I knew…
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August 2019 Burning Man is a leave no trace (LNT) event. What you pack in, you have to pack out. And that means everything, including gray water. There’s no garbage collection, and there’s no gray water disposal. Even though the event is held on a dry lake bed, you can’t…
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August 14, 2019 I haul a lot of gear to Burning Man: bike, cabin tent, cot, sleeping bag and pillows, throw rugs, chair and tables, clothes, costumes, food, water, and more. In the past, I’ve driven my Ford Sport Trac, which has a canopy. Everything in the truck bed was…
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September 14, 2019 This was my first kayaking trip with the Washington Kayak Club, which I joined shortly after moving to Olympia. The beginner-friendly day trip had options for a ten-mile out-and-back paddle, or a longer 12-mile paddle. I invited a friend, Fred, along on the trip. We met at…
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