If It Feels Good Do It

SOUTH OF HEAVEN

Saturday we had all sorts of plans. We would read some online Burning Man literature and practice building our shelter.

Instead Justin and I just shot guns and rolled stuff off of cliffs.

Generally we did absolutely nothing constructive whatsoever.

Oh, and at night we drove my truck to a more remote area of Justin’s parent’s property, built a fire, drank whiskey, and listened to Slayer. We lived the The Real Northern California Lifestyle.

MONKEY HUT

Sunday morning I dragged myself into consciousness. It was not easy but this was important. We needed to get some preparation done.

We used my truck for the power of good and bought monkey hut materials at a local Ace Hardware.

Then we built that badboy.

The monkey hut features a heavy duty reflective tarp, PVC pipe, and two-foot rebar stakes. The stakes go one foot into the ground and anchor the PVC pipe.

At burning man we will build our tent inside of this structure. In that way our tent will be able to withstand the extreme wind conditions. Also, we will be able to sleep more comfortably during the daytime sun. Without a monkey hut or something similar, our tent would roast us like an oven when we were inside of it, and would be ready to blow away at any given moment when we weren’t.

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