Paul and Charlie, glad you liked the photos. Yes Charlie, I'd agree, looks like heaven to me too. By chance I decided to show my H13 interior in those pics, my air mattress was a HUGE bonus, I can't recommend them more highly if you're just not prepared for hard ground. Didn't take that long to fill up either, with a foot-pump. I found myself thinking of curtains too, don't know why. I guess the aluminum foil wallpaper is just a bit strange.
We used one of the 4x8 plywood boards (that we used to make the tarp panel sandwich with for transport on my roof rack) as a sort of porch entry, where you could take your shoes off before entering. My wife and I really liked that for reducing dust inside. Charlie, your closet sounds awesome. Even on the playa, I found myself not wanting to wear excessively wrinkled clothes from my suitcase. I thought of shelving, or even just simple hooks and how to hang things like keys, flashlights and what not because there is SO much unused airspace especially in an H13 and not too many ways of organizing all your crap. I couldn't help wondering how to put use to at least some of that airspace to use, and get some of my stuff off of the (dusty) ground. Next time I'm adding a 2nd window to get more cross-flow, maybe a heat turbine on the roof, and a swamp cooler for sure, as often towards the later afternoon when it would start to cool down outside, it was still stuffy hot inside the yurt and you only had 2 options - stay inside and sweat, or go outside and find some shade. And then I'll think of some other comforts to add too, like a closet. Of course, I've seen portable closets that would fit inside my H13 too, probably not as much fun as designing your own though. All-night dance clubs and sound-proofing: I was camped across from the Comfort and Joy club at 7:00 and Engagement (which by the way was quite a trek to Happy Hour), an ALL- NIGHT (and into the morning) club. So no matter how thick the panels on your yurt might be, they will not filter out the noise from an all- night club with a generator-powered sound system. Along with the air mattress, I was SO glad that I also packed ear plugs, 33 decibel foam to be exact. They did no good for my wife the first night because she didn't stuff them properly into her ears to form a proper seal. The plugs and the air mattress saved me, and once I showed my wife how to mush them up and insert them properly, she slept great. Of course the shelter that the yurt provides is stellar, especially when compared to just plain old tents by themselves, but is basically NO BARRIER AT ALL to a sound system. The more windows and vents you have, the more external noise you'll get too. -Alejandro On Sep 13, 11:56 am, Chasomatic <[email protected]> wrote: > I loved the Happy Hour, especially because it was within walking > distance from my Mark ll hexayurt (6ft vertical sides). Meeting Julie > and all the other hexayurt fans was awesome. I got so many great ideas > (especially the Danger Door) for next year I'm really going to be > camping like a gentleman. > > Alejandro, one of your pictures has me with Miss Hexayurt, her court, > and Julie Danger. I'm in heaven. I'll do the same thing with my > hexayurt photos & videos if I can. > > One thing, I'd like to see photos of interiors, everyone liked my > closet but other than that I'm challenged decorating wise. > > Charlie > > On Aug 22, 2:21 am, Julie Danger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > *Join us for the 2nd Annual Black Rock City Hexayurt Happy Hour, Burning Man > > 2011.* > > Wednesday 8/31, 2-5 pm, at Bayesian Conspiracy (home of the massive TriDome, > > within Playagon Village!) Approx 4:00 & E. We'll be serving Gin and Tonics, > > the Official Drink of the Hexayurt Project. More beverages, shwag, and > > snacks welcome, extra points if they're hexagonal. Clothing optional, but > > remember: *silver* is the new black. Plus: special guest appearance by Vinay > > Gupta, depending on technical capabilities. > > > * > > > *Hello all, I've been off this list for a while managing my summer work and > > play. *Come to the Happy Hour, *we must gather the hexayuniverse and geek > > out! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
