Getting to Black Rock City

We drove to Rocklin (just east of Sacramento) Friday night after work. Rocklin was not rockin', but then again, we arrived at the Day's Inn after midnight, and left shortly after 8 AM. We drove the rest of the way to Black Rock City (BRC), through lots and lots and lots of desert that is mostly reservation land or under the control of the Bureau of Land Management.
They say the desert has a stark beauty... I guess I see it. Maybe I'm just a forest / ocean gal.

It took us close to 6 hours to get to BRC, and then another hour or so to find our camp site, but we found it (thanks to a guy named Baulknaub)!
The rest of our group showed up that night, and we got to put up our shelter in a wind storm. Fun! The next day another wind storm blew our shelter apart, and we had to re-do & double-down on the tie-downs. Now we're home!
Bill will explain the giant cell tower in the next post. Hope all is well back in civilization!