Burning Man in Pictures XXXVII: Culture For Sale, Comically Large Games, and Coyotes!

In our last post, our hero ventured forth and discovered many new areas. Today, we cover some of his travels on the way back to camp, to deliver his collected stories about his travels.

First, a commentary on commodification (or perhaps yoghurt?)[1]:

For Sale: Culture
For Sale: Culture

But then, something even more magical! An entire playground of comically oversized board games! First, chess!:

A gigantic chess set?
A gigantic chess set?

Then Jenga! Much more fun than the scary scaffolding![2]:

"You take a 2x4 from the bottom, and you put it on top..."
“You take a 2×4 from the bottom, and you put it on top…”

There’s something about hexagons that makes Settlers so tempting to enlarge.

"I'll trade you sandy sheep for sandy grain?"
“I’ll trade you sandy sheep for sandy grain?”

I did quite enjoy the instantiation of the resources:

"I'll trade you dusty sheep for dusty beer?"
“I’ll trade you dusty sheep for dusty beer?”

Magic Labyrinth! Always surprisingly difficult:

"Kite, then mushroom, and *then* ice cream?"
“Kite, then mushroom, and *then* ice cream?”

Scrabble! The gigantic game back at home that was half of the inspiration for Biggle!:

"Do note the ping peen.  It is my erstwhi e creed."
“Do note the ping peen. It is my erstwhi e creed.”

Moving on, our hero encountered a strange sight:

"FUR"  "But what does that smaller sign say?"
“FUR” “But what does that smaller sign say?”

‘FUR’? An ‘Acme’ Tupperware tub? Coyote Garden? Either this is going to be fantastic or fantastic and ‘meep meep!’:

"An Acme Tupperware tub?  Coyote Garden?  Uh oh."
“An Acme tupperware tub? Coyote Garden? Uh oh.”

Apparently, ‘FUR'[3] camp extends a long ways. We’ll revisit these friendly folks later:

A...somewhat odd...Eeyore shows us the way to the rest of FUR.
A…somewhat odd…Eeyore shows us the way to the rest of FUR.

Apparently, the current location is 5:30:

FUR PORTAL (and trampoline).
FUR PORTAL (and trampoline).

“Please do not put colourful shoes inside the coyotes.” “Or does it say ‘Please *do*’? I’m never sure about these things.”:

"Please do not put colourful shoes inside the coyotes."
“Please do not put colourful shoes inside the coyotes.”

Next time, night falls, S tries out FaIRE hockey, and much fire is had. Stay tuned!

[1]I’m not sure who’s in this pic with me. Any ideas?

[2]Wait…Is that gigantic truth or dare Jenga?!?

[3]My guess is that this camp was an oasis for people who enjoyed wearing fur in various ways. During the day, I could only imagine how difficult that would have been. However, by the end of the week, everyone wanted to be them…

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