If you love Post Apocalyptic stuff, awesome cars and camping, go. put it on your calendar and go.
"oh so its like Burning Man"... Yes... and No.
Burning Man has no real theme to it, it's just an amalgamation of interesting artsy stuff in the middle of nowhere with a big-ass bonfire as the main event (If i'm wrong correct me, I've never been, Too poor)
Wasteland is themed, Think Mad Max meets Ren Faire... but everyone is dressed up and riding on the back of a modified car.
Both are in the middle of nowhere, in the desert at the end of Summertime. Both are a showcase of creativity and artistry. Both have a very tribal culture to them.
It was fun, It was hot and even though I am a desert rat I've never drank so much water before.
It was also hard for me to have fun, the weekend before I had volunteered to help and during so my car was stolen, major bummer, but It was found while I was at wasteland so happy-ish ending. ($500 later)
We have this awesome tent. likely from the 70's. made of oiled canvas. It smells like crayons.
Here it is being setup in my living room.
It did the job at Wasteland, being walls for an air mattress and stuff, but during the day it was just much too hot, we spent most of the time under friends shade. For all we brought we weren't comfortable in the tent, I can imagine with the kids it would be even harder. Nope it just wont do.
The canvas wasn't retreated during its lifetime so is dry rotting, the poles are showing their age (one broke at wasteland... Duct Tape, Bailing wire and Rebar to the rescue!)
So, Post-Wasteland my noodle starts to simmer. This is always a Dangerous thing and leads to...Ideas. Hence the name of this blog. I earned my Wasteland Name of Muse and those who know me think it's fitting. I'm always having ideas.
So, with the trailer's base done Read all about it here We need something larger, and more interesting and Post Apocalyptic.
I began research, Oh Google how I love Thee.
Has to be mobile and easy to set up with two people
has to be light enough for my car's towing capacity
has to be interesting
large enough for a queen size mattress
tall enough for husband to stand in
stand up to high winds
All these criteria have lead me to a Yurt.
Some discussion with Hubby and we've settled upon 12' with 5' walls and peaking at 7' inside.
Then comes... MATH
as a teen I didn't like this kind of math at all... maybe if they'd rebranded it so I could figure out how to make thinks with math I would have done way better. and given me Sketchup to visualize what the numbers mean.
Sorry Sidetrack there.
So math. Hello Pi.
mmm Pie.
and numbers.
I had to figure out how many roof poles we could use without making a lot of weight.
thankfully before my brain completely fried in my head like bacon...
My Savior!
how many poles, how many boards needed for the lattice and how far to drill the pivot-holes and how to cut the canvas for the top.
We're going with Pie Wedges instead of strips.
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