Tuesday, December 6, 2005
break time
this is were we stopped in Utah to let my breaks cool and to eat a bite. Also I got extra keys made of my truck and passed them out. some of the simpliest things like keys need to be remmbered for burning man. There is no locksmith or key maker so if you lose your keys you have to go 120 miles into Reno for help! That can be quiet expensive!
Leaving Durango
Day two on the road.
We drove into
Allot happened this day.
We left
Then we cut across
In
Coming out of the city after lunch these deer just crossed the highway in front of us! Was pretty amazing!
Saturday, December 3, 2005
Welcome to New Mexico
Day one still. about 10 hours on the road now. Welcome to New Mexico.
We changed up riders several times. everyone got along real good the whole way. Yes there were trying times, mostly at night after driving 18 hours each day. But not as trying as it is with family. when you have a group of people with one goal everyone works towards that goal and things actually get done.
We stopped just north of albequqe for dinner. Kinda hassle but not too bad.
we stopped at a casino (Indian) one for grub but mark and I couldnt find anything we like so we made sandwiches out of his trailer while most ate inside the restraunt. Was about 6pm when we stopped for dinner.
was another 4 hours until we stopped for the night in Durango were we met up with toms wifes parents and left her. split hotel room, big rooms cheap. Getting a room was kinda hassle everyone butt ass tired and grouchy but we all came thru.
Up the next morning and on the road by 9am.
Thursday, December 1, 2005
loadedtruck
This is the 97 dodge dakota supercab that I borrowed from my Mother-in-Law.
Everything I would need it piled on it!
I brought 3 extra bikes for people flying in from New York. the people from New York were camping at the same them camp as I was and I volunteed to take them bikes.
The group from new york didnt know me at all so when they got to Reno (closest airport) they bought 3 used bikes themselves. This worked out great because Paulina and Tom didnt bring bikes, so woohoo now they had some and then the girls that sat up next to me had flown in from England (thats right the country England like across the ocean england) and they too had bought bikes but one of them wasnt worth spit, so the 3rd bike got a great home.
The only thing I had not packed/bought yet was water. We would pick that up in Fallen NV. the last big city before BM.
Lunch Amarillo Tx. day one.
Stopped for Lunch in Amarillo.
This was our first major stop. Lunch in Amarillo Texas. I had met Mark, Tom, Rob and Serena one other time at Mark's meet and greet. visited about an hour before this. we changed riders all the way to BM. Serena drove my truck for about an hour after we left amarillo. I drove the rest of the way there. Rob and Serena were the only ones that knew how to drive a standard and since both trucks were standards left our options limited.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
On the way to Burning man
We left Burleson about 6am. we were already one hour behind schedule. This is amarillo were we stopped for lunch.
The way it started.
I started planning my trip about a year ahead of time. Since I knew no one else that was going I got online to chat groups and met some. A guy here in DFW area runs a theme camp and had a meet and great about 2 months before hand. Met my first "Burners" there. Great bunch of people.
We (that group) decided to caravan the 30 plus hour drive together. Share driving, gas etc.
Well two weeks before lift off, me and Mark the other guy with a vehicle didnt have enough riders and gas was around 2 bucks a gallon. So I went online and posted I had room for a rider and he posted he had room. I got an email from a lady in houston needing a one way ride. So she drove up from houston on Thursday night, she had to work late and didnt get to my house until 2 in the morning. She crashed on the couch. We were suppose to meet Mark at 5:30 at caballas but woke up a little late.
So up at 5:30 and already late. Me and Paulina (my rider) who I just met 2 hours before, jump in the already packed truck and haul ass after leaving a voice mail with mark to go ahead and take off for Amarillo and we will catch him.
We caught him about 90 miles down the road. and that is really when the trip started.
Paulina, my rider is 27 from Russia. she has lived here in the USA for 7 years and was doing interperting for NASA. she speaks flawless english. and much better than I. She had been to Burning-Man 2 times before.
Mark had a big duelly pickup with a box trailer and tons of stuff. He is in his 50's retired, cares for his sick mom. he had been to BM 3 or so times.
the other riders were Ron and Salina, newlweeds my age. Tom who is my age. Toms wife road with us to Durango were we dropped her off with her parents. None of them had ever been.
It took us until 11 that night to get to durango. lots of stops. Every 2 hours we would stop for snacks/gas/p breaks. those took 20 minutes each time. Its challenging to drive across country with people you just met. But everyone did great, no one got overly excited or upset.
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