This was my 4th Burning Man and this was the first time I didn’t have an RV of some kind. I liked the idea of the hexayurts but didn’t need that much room and wanted to be different so I designed and built a “hotel” to match the theme of out houses. While the hotel was dust-proof as I wanted, I wasn’t able to achieve all the benefits of a hexayurt because:
- There wasn’t enough surface area to keep it cool without the swamp coolers.
- I painted it red to get the “hotel” vibe but lost the reflective power of the insulation.
- I used incredibly good filters to keep the dust out that immediately clogged and limited airflow to next to nothing.
- It turns out my fridge radiates heat from the sides as well as the cooling unit so I started with a sauna before I cut a hole in the side for the fridge.
I got everything working well after a couple of days but it turns out that a 17 hour drive followed by 6 days on an air mattress was too much for my poor back and I had to leave earlier than expected.
Here’s the 2012 pics:
Here’s some videos:
The Dalek art car I missed last year
Watch the tuba flames change as he plays
I stood in the middle of these spinning jets after this video
I stood in the middle of these spinning jets after this video_ii
I was a little better at remembering to turn on the GPS during my travels in black rock city and recorded 21 miles over 3 days and 11 hours. This was probably about 60% of my adventures.
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