Since BMan2K was held at the beginning of March (instead of Labor Day), that only gave us six months since the last event to prepare for the trip. That really wasn't so bad, but the new location made all our planning a bit more challenging. After all, we've spent the last five years gathering equipment to camp in the Nevada desert; spending a week in a heavily forested part of Northern California required a whole new strategy. Forget about bringing dust masks; we now needed mosquito repellent.

I think the new schedule and location really threw off a lot of people. Last year they were predicting that BMan2K would attract over 30,000 people, but I heard that attendance actually topped out at just a little over 1,100.  With a defined boundary over four miles wide, that certainly made a low population density. It seemed that you would rarely see more than five or ten people at any one time.

Finally, an apology. My previous Burning Man sites have distinguished themselves by having literally hundreds of pictures to peruse, but that's not the case this year. The camera flaked out on me, and in the end I only came away with about a half dozen usable shots. Yes, this is very disappointing, but I'll try to supplement these few images with some words so you have a bit of an idea of what was going on. Use the links at left to see them.

Enjoy the trip.