Burning Man 2023 - The Mud Apocalypse
When we woke up Friday we had lots of plans. We'd been taking it fairly easy Wednesday and Thursday, knowing Friday through Sunday would be very late nights. We started getting ready to visit the Foam villege for the foaming/cleaning event and were excited for the experience - and not needing to put up our own shower and evaporation pond was a plus. Our friend Rob had mentioned the previous day to keep an eye on the weather; since he was out at the airport they had access to regular forecasts. As we prepared to ride our bikes out we felt a few spots of rain, normally something to be ignored. However Sara turned on the radio and tu ned into to hear what Burning Man Information Radio (BMIR) was broadcasting. Good thing we did, the advice was a weather event is coming, with up to .8 inch of rain and high winds - shelter in place, conserve water and food and to take care of your neighbours. Burning Man is held in the Nevada desert on a dried lake bed. Normally it is very dus...