Yesterday, we had just built our first Mirror Blaze triangle:

You may or may not be aware that this involved precisely hammering 3′ rebar into the playa, then threading the 8′ 4×4 posts one at a time, attaching the mirrors, making sure all the way through that the geometry worked properly.[1]

While we were doing this, many of the other installations were springing up around us, including the scary scaffolding, springing up-per:

And Riskee Ball, after the first day, metal frame assembled!:

So, we had built the first triangle, and put flamey (our flame effect) inside, waiting for propane to be fed to it. This required some planning to properly place the fuel depot, as the fuel depot would need to be away from the perimeter fence, and would also be servicing FaIRE Hockey. Earlier, I had sat down with my book and some friendly triangles, and worked out some geometry:

A new day dawns! We head to the portapotties to take care of essentials, and we notice that someone has kindly updated the signs for road ‘C’:

We started the build day by surveying the scene, starting with our beautiful first triangle:

One of our 4’x8′ ply sheets got a little tired and had to take a breather:

We also surveyed the rest of the Charnival. Riskee Ball was looking nice and safe:

Francis was looking Fantastic:

And Pyrokinesis (foreground) looked like it wanted to burn the scary scaffolding to the ground:

Next: Day 2 of building!

[1]There are a lot of details here. Details of how we built will be a separate post, or several.