3/2/2024 0 Comments Burnin mhaOn the other hand, you’ll need to be rested and keep your attention along either the long road of I-80 or Hwy 50. You may also catch glimpses of forever, and may be struck by the raw, stark beauty of the “high desert” you’ve never ever imagined anywhere. You may find your self more easily, and you may come to better cope if anything has been bothering you. If you don’t stop and just wander off on foot into the desert where no person has stepped before (or at least for a very long time), your mind can simply wander in awe with the vastness. With very minimal emblems of living civilization in this apparently vast desert void, on a certain level it’s simply easier to not be distracted and burdened with externals. Just be prepared before setting off, making sure you have enough gas and supplies and your vehicle is 100%. The strength gathered simply from driving this long and lonely stretch can make for a better week on the playa at Burning Man. “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is not a bad metaphor here. The elements and temperature are extreme, the land relatively barren, and resources for the average person are non-existent between each town. It seems you could stop just about anywhere with so much land, and stop for good - but the vast majority of people just can’t survive, let alone thrive, for long. You can get a hint of what it was like for every traveler coming from the east searching for a new home and making the Wild West. But driving across Nevada can prepare you for the best burn ever. One could say every journey to BRC is filled with excitement, apprehensiveness, and attractions. Known alternately as “Big Sky Country” or “The Great Basin”, you’ve never seen so many different mountain ranges, each separated by immense valleys, along a very, very long straight road dotted all so rarely by small towns and occasional ruins. Indeed, one of the best ways to experience Nevada is driving across the state along either road. On either road it’s approximately 450 miles from the Utah border to BRC. If you’re traveling from due east, you’ll be traveling on I-80 from the southeast, on Hwy 50. If you’re crossing the United States to Burning Man, you’re likely traveling on Interstate 80 or Highway 50 when you hit Nevada, the seventh largest state and home to Burning Man. Driving to Burning Man from across the country…
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