An Evening on the Playa

Last night Bill & I rode our bikes all over Black Rock City and took in a lot of the sights, sounds, and entertainment. We spent hours out there, and I feel like we only scraped the surface.

We saw beautiful statues, one made of rebar (& fire!) and the other of locks & keys:
We saw lots of fire-art. We're going back tonight to see (and maybe participate) in the Flamethrowers Gallery. (Yes, 5 people at a time get to fire actual flamethrowers - it's frakin' cool!)

But our favorite event of the evening was "Darwin's Wedge" a giant, astro-turfed slide for anyone and everyone. You had to climb up the side ramp, which is so steep you have to use the banister to pull yourself up. Sit on the nylon rug provided, and head towards the foam blocks at the bottom. It was brilliant! I don't think I saw a single person at the bottom of the slide who didn't have the biggest grin on their face! It was worth the 3/4th of a mile ride out into the middle of the playa :)
And of course, a picture of The Man. Poor guy's gonna burn in 2 days...
Our night ended with a free grilled cheese sandwich from Camp Black Rock Dinner (they serve them nightly from 11:00PM until they run out). A lovely end to a lovely day here at Black Rock City.