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The Chammy hosted a Halloween party in Squaw Valley last night. Truckee residents with kids trick or treated in the Gateway neighborhood.
The Occupy Squaw Movement pushing a cause we can really get behind.
Everyones favorite stop in Truckee...the Baeza residence. Candy and ghouls for the kids and tequila shots for the grownups.
Saucer Boy was there too!
Truckee photographer Grant Kaye has been dabbling in timelapse photography over the last year. Below is timelapse of Saturday night at Burning Man 2011. Looks like the set of the 1982 science fiction film Bladerunner. I’d say Grant’s got this format pretty wired. Some of Grant’s timelapse images will be featured in SBDC’s fall ski film release called Sierroin.
Burning Man 2011: Rites of Passage – Burn Night Timelapse from Grant Kaye on Vimeo.
The annual Burning Man Festival begins Monday in the Black Rock Desert north of Reno. Tickets for this year’s event sold out for the first time in history. An ironic scenario unfolded in which tickets are being scalped for an event founded on self reliance and a gift economy. It’s no surprise that the exponential growth of this event would eventually be restricted by the Bureau of Land Management. Nothing like a little controversy to heighten the anticipation of the 50,000 people who will attend this brilliant temporary community.
The author’s of this blog spent much of last summer supporting a music and art project called Electric Ladyland. Here is a look back at Burning Man 2010 as seen through the eyes of the Electric Ladyland Collective.
Jason Mack and Ethan McCormick blast off!
Remember building model rockets as a kid? Well it’s just as fun now as it was then for kids and adults. Building rockets is a good educational wintertime hobby when it gets dark and cold early. Summer is a great season to launch. The Tahoe region has many huge valleys which virtually eliminate the chance of getting a rocket caught in a tree. Serious rocket enthusiasts can head for the Black Rock Desert which provides the ultimate canvas for thrilling launches. First timers should note that morning is typically a more consistent time of day to launch when wind is minimal.
Kids + rockets = stoked! Ethan McCormick and Declan Mack at Launch Station Hulu
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo
Need your summertime roller coaster fix? Maybe it’s time drop into some good old fashion theme park action at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.
Located just off I-80 in Vallejo, Discovery Kingdom has no less than a half dozen coasters among it’s thirty rides. Everything is located within a fairly small proximity making it easy to get a bunch of rides in a short amount of time if it’s not crowded. We rolled in around 2pm on a Monday and stepped right on first car of Medusa, the parks largest roller coaster. We did the same thing five minutes later on Kong. DK has a nice mix of coasters ranging from the traditional wooden Coney Island style to the modern era foot dangling, hanger type. The kind that make you feel like your feet may get chopped off. Our favorite was Vertical Velocity which is a suspended, spiraling impulse coaster that goes from zero to seventy in a matter of seconds. It’s really cool because you get the combination of speed and weightlessness without excessive force or jarring of your head and body.
If you’ve got kids, Discovery Kingdom is great because it’s got more than just rides and cotton candy. DK has several interactive animal exhibits including penguins, dolphins, killer whales and sting rays. It also has two specific kids zones, one called Tava’s Jungleland with kid sized rides and another called Looney Tunes Seaport which is all water related fun.
Discovery Kingdom is not cheap. Admission for adults is $50 and parking is $15. However, a season pass is only $60. Apparently there are plenty of deals on admission if you do some research ahead of time. A couple of twenty somethings asked if we wanted a free admission voucher when we arrived and it worked so we got in two for one. Standard theme park tactics apply such as going midweek and arriving early to avoid lines. Riding six coasters in an hour rocks! Riding one coaster in an hour sucks! If you live in Tahoe it’s probably not worth going to DK just to visit a theme park. However, if you are driving to or from the city and have a couple of hours to kill it may be just what you need to breakup a three hour drive.
Clouds over Shirley Canyon on July 29
A hot, sticky weekend of Yoga and live music hits Squaw Valley this weekend for the third annual Wanderlust Festival.
The PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn hosted the first of their summer season pool parties last Sunday. Parties feature food and drink specials on the PlumpJack pool deck and electronic music courtesy of the Electric Ladyland Collective. Electric Ladyland is a Truckee based Burning Man theme camp featuring sound, fire and art. For more information on this dynamic group of artists check out www.electricladylandcollective.org. The next two pool parties will be held from 1pm to 5pm on Sunday, July 18 and Sunday, August 15 (the 3rd Sunday of every month).
Party guests chill in the hot tub on the PlumpJack Pool Deck
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