Jenica covers the Burn

Beloved Jenica went to Burning Man for the first time this year. You can check out a review of her trip (including photos) on her RealTravel blog.

All the Burning Man folk seem to slowly be tricking back into town. Last night we had a late dinner with a fireman who had volunteered to be part of the fire and paramedic crew out at Burning Man. He said bunch of firemen from all over the West head out there and volunteer to take care of any potential emergency situation (there was only one death at Burning Man this year, which is apparently low). The volunteers take shifts, and when they're not on their shift, they party it up like everyone else.

In order to stay in their camp, everyone had to volunteer for some kind of duty. He mentioned a couple of women somehow landed the job of washing the firemen... gets real dusty out there, I guess. Yep, I'm still processing that one. And trying to figure out who to get in touch with to volunteer for such a key assignment.