Romy

Enjoying the morning while it's still cooler outside with Bob, Lynda, and Crusty (all on the Dingo race team).

Romy

We just heard an interesting talk at the camp called Fractal Nation.

Romy

It's Grateful Dyed day at VW Bus Camp and we're making tie dye shirts!

Jenn

We found a trampoline in somebody's camp!

Jenn

Hanging out at Bob and Lynda's camp, making up our VW Bus Camp BRC letterbox.

Romy

We are driving towards Fernley on NV95, going north. Gates open at 6pm today!

Jenn

We made it! This sign was the only thing marking the event off the playa! Look at all the dust behind me! That's BLACK ROCK CITY!

Romy

We are all packed to go to Burning Man with Bubbles! Three coolers, two tool boxes, a box of dry food, an easy-up, 30 gallons of water, and 45 Watts of solar panels! Woooo!

Jenn

I am all ready for a dust storm to hit! We got goggles and a head cloth.

Romy

We got our dust storm head protection all ready for Burning Man!

Romy

This is what our morning juice looks like! A half liter of goodness for breakfast.

Jenn & Romy

We are making copies of the syllabus to pass out this week, the first week of classes at Dominican University where we are teaching physics!

Romy

Tonight Romy worked on the mysterious exhaust leak that needs to be fixed before we drive this thing to the middle of the desert in Nevada.

Romy

We just got back from shopping, but have to work on Bubbles again tonight and every night it seems. . .

Jenn, Marcel, Romy, Nicole

We went to Zachary's Chicago Pizza in Rockridge tonight to celebrate N&M's new jobs!

Romy

It's crunch time! We are frantically trying to get Bubbles ready for Burning Man. Bubbles will be our home on the playa for the whole week.

Jenn

Walking in the fog on my way to school. It's so cold, but it's August!

Jenn & Romy

Why are we so happy? Because we escaped a crazy rainstorm in the Nevada desert without getting stuck in the sticky playa mud, and then we drove over Tioga Pass (10k ft!) with no problems. We never reached the hot spring we were looking for, but we were so close!

Romy & Jenn

We are so happy to be camping again in our bus! We joined my department at Obsidian Flat campground near Mammoth Lakes.

Romy

We went to check out Hot Creek, which was shut down by the feds and now you can only bathe downstream.