Through the downstairs there was a door that led to a holding/storage area that in turn led out to the back of the building. It was here that the food was being cooked on outdoor grills and the Gray-B-Gone was at. Now for those of you not necessarily in the know, when you camp out on the playa there is a Leave No Trace philosophy that all must follow to allow for the Man to continue year to year. Nothing, from the smallest grain of shmutz to the grey water a camp will produce is allowed to touch the playa surface. The Gray-B-Gone is one mans solution to that problem. To really see what I’m talking/typing about the best bet is to go to instructables.com and check it out yourself. Suffice it to say the pulleys and belts and wind driven bicycle spoke propeller thingies make a large surface area rotate around and allows the sun to evaporate the grey water into the air. The guy running it said it could evaporate between five to ten gallons a day, and the dust from the playa won’t cause serious problems as the drum section revolves and doesn’t allow for the settling of dust onto a stagnant gray water removal system and making it unusable. It was a cool little invention, but I don’t think ill be using it as my gray water creation will be kept to a minimum if even non-existent. There were also these semi circular things that looked like satellite dishes, but on the inside there was seriously reflective surfaces that would concentrate the sun to a point about four feet (on the big one that is) out from the center of it. So what you did was take a long pole with a spike on it or a container that was metal and hold it out in the area. I went up and a woman was cooking a veggie burger and I asked her how long she was cooking the food she was cooking. She said it had been partially frozen and she had been cooking it for about a minute. She then opened the container thingy she was cooking it in and it was sizzling and done. After I got over the amazement and I could close my mouth again I went back over to the food table and had a few grapes.
I had already heated up the Shanghai I had brought and dropped it off at the table of food and gotten myself a burger, so when I went back to the table for grapes I was pleased to see all the shanghai was gone. About that time I got a call from my buddy wondering where he could park the RV and I told him about the big dirt parking lot and he started making his way to BMHQ.
As I was full, and wanted a head change, I went around to the back area of this weird industrial area, and had a few tokes. As I was swaying my way back (just a little sway) I saw one of the black rock rangers hanging out by his car. He offered to share a bowl and I shared as well and we headed back to the party. Someone said something about an upstairs and I worked my way to the stairs.
