Yes, it's true! We thought that we would never see the Chicken again, but thanks to the efforts of our new best friend Bruce, the Chicken was returned to us and her stories are available for everyone to read! See that link over in the left column that says Playa Chicken? Can you guess what that is for?

We went to Burning Man for the seventh time. It was hot. We helped put together the village of Hushville, which held 200 people. We rolled around in the Motion Emotion Studio and snapped pictures of nearly 300 people, each being rewarded an exclusive PlayaChicken.com bandana for their efforts. We greeted. I wrote a daily column for the Gazette.  It was relatively dust-free. We saw a lot of old friends and made many new ones. We organized a run around the city that happened on three mornings. Did I mention that it was hot? Well, it was.

Every year upon our return, people ask "How was Burning Man" and I tend to spew a list of phrases similar to that preceding paragraph.  True statements, all, but they will always fail to convey the true sensation of what it's like to spend nine days out there.

Oh well, enough of that. You're here to see the pictures, aren't you? Inside you will find 342 images, which is about 100 less than last year. Why the decline? To be honest, I really don't know. Most of the pictures were taken in the Motion Emotion Studio and I really wasn't too inclined to use the camera at other times. As a result, the vast majority of what's in here are portraits and there's relatively little of things like fire-spewing art cars.