Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:05:32 -0600
Reply-To: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Burning Man? (LVC)
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I ditto what Joy & Jeff said. Still find some dust in my westy a
year later, but it's only dust!
Tom B.-alias "Showerman"
On Mar 29, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Joy Hecht wrote:
> She's right, but so what? A little dust never hurt anyone. After
> a year or
> so you might not see any more playa dust in your van, but then it
> will be
> time to go back to Burning Man anyway. You can try convincing her
> that you
> will ward off dust by closing it when you're not there, but it
> won't work in
> the slightest. And from time to time you'll probably want to
> retreat to
> your van during the day anyhow. Besides, there's just a much dust
> at night
> as in the day!
>
> After I left Burning Man I took everything in the van and washed it
> - all
> removable items went either into the washing machine, the sink, or the
> bathtub. Then around fifteen minutes of pumping quarters into the
> car wash,
> followed by polishing the whole body with a thin vinegar solution to
> counteract the alkaline playa dust.
>
> Six months later I popped the top one day and out flew a cloud of
> dust.
>
> It's just dust, though, who cares?
>
> A few other suggestions:
>
> - You might connect with the VWBus camp folks, they camp
> together at
> Burning Man. See
> http://mail.vwbuscamp.com/mailman/listinfo/vwbuscamp_vwbuscamp.com.
> - bring bicycles. The playa is pretty big.
> - bring a lot of stuff to light yourselves and your bikes at
> night.
> You want other bikers to be able to see you when they are cruising
> around
> the desert at night. It's dark. Flashie-blinkie lights are a very
> good
> thing. You might want a bike lock, too. Sad as it is, bikes do
> get stolen.
> Oh, and be prepared for some major power washing of your bikes
> afterwards
> too.
> - costumes, Burning Man is a costume party!
>
>
> Have fun!
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
>
>
> ****************************************************************
> Joy Hecht
> now living in a real house in northern Virginia
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
> now living in the driveway and resting after two and a half years
> lugging Joy and her stuff around...
>
> For musings about life traveling in the van or living in one place:
> http://www.joyhecht.net
>
> ****************************************************************
>
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf
> :::Of Markus Mumper
> :::Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 12:55 PM
> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Burning Man? (LVC)
> :::
> :::Hi all,
> :::
> :::I finally convinced my wife that it's OK to take our van to
> Burning Man
> :::this
> :::Fall.
> :::
> :::It will be the first time for both of us.
> :::
> :::She's concerned that we will get caught in dust storms that will
> permeate
> :::our van with fine talcum like dust in every crack and crevice
> which we
> :::will
> :::never be able to clean out 100%.
> :::
> :::I said that we will be OK and that we can control any dust
> problems by
> :::closing up the van whenever we are not in it (basically all day
> long).
> :::
> :::So, depending on the vagaries of weather, anybody have any
> experience or
> :::tips? Or, am I going to be in trouble with the wife?
> :::
> :::Maggie, Markus and The Girl ('87 Westy)
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