The day after the night before, with the temperature around 90 - 100F in a tent with no shade, this was going to be a survival day. I was feeling better than Liz who never came out of the tent until night. I spent the day exploring the festival taking a zillion pictures and chating with people. For the early evening I went round to Jeronimos camp and was joined by the budda people. They had turned up with nothing, and were sleeping under a tarp that was gifted ...

We had to pile the car up with lots of water, food and of course alcohol for the Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Dessert in Northern Nevada. Unlike normal festivals you cannot buy anything, you have to bring everything for survival in a hot dry dust swept wilderness. Going by the other festival goers in RVs, and huge cars packed to the hilt they weren't taking any chances. We were directed off road onto a white dried up lake bed surrounded by contrasting ...

It was difficult getting out of bed, but we had to head off. We couldn't leave San Fransico without seeing the Golden Gate Bridge. We took the car this time stopping at a unfeasibly steep street with views of the bridge and alcatraz floating above the sea fog. Business finished we set off for Reno a convenient stop before burning man. The route took us over 5000ft through the Sierra Nevada mountains. Reno is the poor relation to Vegas, however we are going to a...