For earlier parts of this story, go 

here

and

here

.

Photos by Toby Vann unless otherwise stated.

So on we went towards Reno! 

Just before hitting the mountains in Utah we began having issues with our brakes, and spent a nerve-wracking drive through the mountains, up and down inclines, with one of our best drivers trying to get through mountain overpasses using as little brakes as possible. 

With other small traumas like my favourite water bottle being left in a gas station and me making us turn around for it (yes, they only did it because I was a girl and going to cry), and the time we were told it would take to drive there being about double what we were told, we finally arrived, tired and grumpy, to Reno. 

We put the truck immediately in the shop, and collapsed into hotel rooms to rest before an intense week of work to prep for our

Archimedes Design

customer orders, and ready our camp gear for the Burn.

Photo by me

Photo by Henri Cohen

For the week, one of Toby and Michael's contacts in Reno graciously let us use his shop, and we commenced finishing all the things that needed to be done before we would be ready for the playa.

Cutting down poles for customer orders...

Rust proofing our beautiful new hubs...

Packing and ordering all the objects needed for the orders...

Cutting new shade stars and sewing tabs and tabs and more tabs...

Photo by Henri Cohen

And lists...

 And lists...

And more lists....

As the week wore on, more of our camp team arrived, and helped with grocery shopping, gear buying, picking up bikes, building art and infrastructure we needed for the playa, and helping us get organized.

Finally

, we were ready to try and fit everything we needed for our camp, our team and our clients into our trailer with some very skilled packing.

And at 5:30 am the next morning, tired and ready, we headed out from our hotel rooms to the great adventure of Burning Man 2014.

More to come!

Photo by Henri Cohen