27 August 2005 (yesterday) (tomorrow)

We shopped until we dropped, at Kmart (1 a.m.), Costco (after a few hours' sleep next to Dave), a grocery store, a tobacconist's.  We had an unsatisfactory dinner at Round Table pizza.

Then, we drove down a long and winding road to Black Rock City.  I was asked to leave the minivan, ring a bell and make small talk with an old, red-faced man for a few minutes because I was a Virgin to Burning Man.

I threw up my tent.  The headlamp was invaluable.