I head back to camp, change my clothes and decide to wander around the playa. I figure I’ll jump on an art car and just let it take me wherever it feels like going. I find the Surly Bird only a few blocks away, a red delight play­ing just my sort of trance and we’re off, first through the back streets then across the deep playa. 

I go to the Temple and write some­thing for my grand­father. I don’t real­ize until later that it’s the anniversary of his death and how appro­pri­ate this is. I add some­thing for Doug’s par­ents, whose estates we gave away at Burn­ing Man last year.

I meet Oona and Jake, ran­domly on the same art car, weirdly also from Flam­ing Lotus Girls… A won­der­ful night.