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Our Final Days at Burning Man

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Friday Friday we woke up and it was my 64th birthday. Phil's 64th birthday was on the following Monday, so both of us enjoyed one of the most unique birthday's either one of us had every experienced. Janet was kind enough to gift airplane rides to myself, Phil, Sara and David, giving us all an opportunity to see Black Rock City from the air. Plus I had the opportunity to photography Janet and a few other guys leaving the airplane for their skydives. The city from the sky was an awesome site, well worth the ride, although Sara was tempted to jump with Janet! That night, jumps were scheduled and the Rocket Ship art had a big pyro planned. Sara and I were out on the Playa helping with crowd control for the landing area, Phil and Janet were at the airport setting up runway lights and David was out on the Playa. Unfortunately after what seemed liked hours of standing around in near zero visibility the jump was canceled due to high winds and dust storms. (Good thing, we wouldn...