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Our khussamobiles were the most successful project we did this year, hands down. They looked fantastic, day or night. They were much loved and brought us a lot of positive interaction with everyone on the playa, including the DMV (Department of Mutant Vehicles), who are notorious for being strict about their licensing criteria.

As soon as we were done with our dome construction, Luke and George bolted the frames onto the go-karts, and we began the process of whip-stitching the covers to the frames. I had sewn the pieces together (with massive help with the basting from many people), so Vanessa and Mickey did the stitching. We woke up Tuesday morning and finished a few seams and drove them to the DMV as a group.

We received high praise from the licensing crew, and even got a few cold beers while we were out there waiting to be inspected. Since the karts were so basic, they only required a cursory glance before they were licensed, and they even gave us the same license number, appending ‘L’ and ‘R’ to distinguish right from left.

We drove them all around, and even played a new game “Sholo!” (Polo with shoes instead of ponies!) A huge hit, indeed.

Just a few photos from our trip to Mexico for Christmas and New Year’s:

Back row: Marc17, Monster, JennaXide, Leeny (me)
Front Row: Scotty, Professor, Nyssa, Brian, and Luke (aka Pipebomb)

This is my tribe, my camp, my family, putting on the Seattle Power Tool Drag Races.

There isn’t a lot of story that goes with this – just that we came, we saw, we set up, drank a lot of PBR, watched racers speed and stall and fly, tore down, and passed out, sunburnt, sore, and with smiles plastered on our faces. It happens annually in Georgetown at the Artopia Festival, courtesy of our sister organization, Hazard Factory.

More photographs from the Georgetown Artopia Seattle Power Tool Drag Races by Hazard Factory:

We had some new signage this year – the old sign was taken apart and the main panel was turned into a flag. Scott made some additions to the leftover frame, including a rotating 30-inch saw blade and some parcans for lighting. The windchimes were re-attached, and a new skull and cross-wrenches completed the project, and I couldn’t stop taking photos of it!

Through some good networking and the luck of the draw, we were invited to go up for a scenic tour of Black Rock City. To see it from above brings a brand new perspective on the festival. It’s a piece of art in itself:

I love the tracks from vehicles that criss-cross the ground around the city. And I can see where we camped at 4th of Juplaya from here – it wasn’t far!