Tribe.net. Local Connections John http://KarmaChickens.tribe.net/thread/4ea03606-488d-4936-bfdf-3c3c3f61c7ff#585222d1-96f0-42ca-a4a4-76709ad7f6c0 2009-04-22T19:17:16Z 2009-04-22T19:17:16Z

essentially, they took the 2007 city, removed the esplanade, and made the center bigger. The 2007 A street became the 2008 Esplanade, B became A, C became B and so on. They added one outer ring street so the actual number of streets were the same, they just started further out. Now, and extra football field back from the original Esplanade didn't sound that big, but it combined with other factors to make the center seem gigantic. There seemingly was less stationary art last year, so you spent more time traveling in the deep playa from the nearest art to the nearest art. The ground conditions were incredibly tough. Big swaths of the deep playa had 'sand dunes' of playa dust that ranged from 4 inches to a foot deep. basically, nobody could cycle through these areas. The streets were soft, and the water trucks watered them, making them hard, but over the week the streets basically became giant pothole filled valleys. I'm an avid cyclist in the non-BM season, and I had trouble biking around the city. I made it across town (from 9o'clock to 3o'clock) just once during the daytime. Anyways, it was still worth the trip last year, but I'm super glad they're making it smaller this year.

John 2009-04-22T19:17:16Z Still Jill http://KarmaChickens.tribe.net/thread/4ea03606-488d-4936-bfdf-3c3c3f61c7ff#c0367112-2e2c-4075-9674-1b2b67f1bc7a 2009-04-22T17:28:53Z 2009-04-22T17:28:53Z

Yes I read the good news, since we missed the expanded version in 2008 curious as to how much bigger it was last year. Are we talking square feet or number of rings? StillJill

Still Jill 2009-04-22T17:28:53Z Candace http://KarmaChickens.tribe.net/thread/4ea03606-488d-4936-bfdf-3c3c3f61c7ff#c49ae4cb-6ec9-425c-ab27-7842cffd8dbe 2009-03-21T01:55:57Z 2009-03-21T01:55:57Z

Right! I wasn't able to thoroughly cover as much ground by foot last year in the expanded BRC.

Candace 2009-03-21T01:55:57Z John http://KarmaChickens.tribe.net/thread/4ea03606-488d-4936-bfdf-3c3c3f61c7ff#c7141670-06b0-4011-9b2b-eb30eb93c789 2009-03-21T00:53:22Z 2009-03-21T00:53:22Z

All of that is great music to my ears. getting around last year was quite the challenge!

John 2009-03-21T00:53:22Z Candace http://KarmaChickens.tribe.net/thread/4ea03606-488d-4936-bfdf-3c3c3f61c7ff#9e6bc906-b850-4050-a2cc-240b6acbcd5d 2009-03-20T21:34:04Z 2009-03-20T21:34:04Z

In the recent newsletter, they report that it is ~wet~ out on the playa, now! Hopefully, this well for the bikeability of the desert surface this year. Also, the size of the city is being shrunk back to it's size in 2007

Candace 2009-03-20T21:34:04Z