Burning Man Story- Launching a Cabbage Patch Kid from a cannon through a flame thrower!

This normal for Burning Man

Everyone always asks me about Burning Man.  It’s a whole other world.  Here’s a glimpse into a normal moment at Burning Man.  You wake up (if you’ve gone to sleep), you wonder where the giant cannon that was next to your tent has gone.  There’s the usual people biking by in their costumes, the music coming from all directions as mutant vehicles drive by, and then you see a bunch of people from camp walking hurriedly to the next camp.  Something is up! You investigate.

Our camp was “Lego Land” – titled so because we had a house that looked like it was made of Legos, and a whole bunch of “life-size” Legos for people to come and build with (they took days and day to build!) – and it had an awesome location: 9  o’clock and Esplanade (right on the playa). I walked past the Lego house (which I was camped directly behind), and voila… there’s the cannon! With a big group of people smiling from ear to ear.  Oh yes, this was going to be good.  I forgot that I was tired and had just woken up. Cannon, Flame Thrower, Smiles….

I don’t really need to get to descriptive with the process- the photos will do a much better job telling the story, though… if you must ask:

• The cannon is built on the same technology as a potato gun.
• The flame thrower is hooked up to a propane tank.
• The Cabbage Patch Kids light up MUCH better after you douse them in Kerosene….
• You don’t want to do this at home

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