Comments on: A Little More Sleep to Avoid the Big Sleep http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/tales-from-the-playa/a-little-more-sleep-to-avoid-the-big-sleep/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-little-more-sleep-to-avoid-the-big-sleep Thu, 23 May 2013 16:32:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: lisa http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/tales-from-the-playa/a-little-more-sleep-to-avoid-the-big-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-54850 lisa Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:47:31 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19767#comment-54850 Amen. We were all draggin’ ass last year trying to get home in the RV – what a wicked fucker that thing is when someone is dozing off and leaning to the right! Glad we made it back safely but it could have been gruesome. Talk about yard sale’ing your shit all over the road. So thankful you are safe and healing! Thank you for sharing your message of wisdom!

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]]> By: Nicole Hickman http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/tales-from-the-playa/a-little-more-sleep-to-avoid-the-big-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-54839 Nicole Hickman Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:19:17 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19767#comment-54839 Thank you so much for this post. I had a really close call in 2009, and I will never allow it to happen again.

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]]> By: Gray Ayer http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/tales-from-the-playa/a-little-more-sleep-to-avoid-the-big-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-49797 Gray Ayer Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:13:26 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19767#comment-49797 Yup, Reno hotels are the best. After eating tasty bites and canned soup for a week, the grand buffets are ridiculously luxuriant. Some Reno places even have full parties. I hear that Manoj will be djing a massive pool party at the Grand Sands Casino the Monday night after BM.

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]]> By: mudpuppy http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/tales-from-the-playa/a-little-more-sleep-to-avoid-the-big-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-47904 mudpuppy Sun, 05 Aug 2012 04:19:25 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19767#comment-47904 Much of our camp stays overnight in Fernley after the burn. It’s probably saved our lives.

fwiw, it adds a lot to my burn to be able to spend a night in the default with my camp before we take our different roads out.

NDN Tacos, Love, & Safe Travels!

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]]> By: G http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/tales-from-the-playa/a-little-more-sleep-to-avoid-the-big-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-47108 G Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:57:51 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19767#comment-47108 The trip to BRC has never been a problem for me. I do a 14 hour drive day, but I start fresh and am soooo amped for the event.
After a week of over stimulation, overindulgence, coming down off of a week of maxed out adrenalin levels, and under sleeping, the trip home is the worst by far.
Recent years I have decompressed at a friend’s place in a nearby town for two days.
The last time I drove home directly from the event, I stopped four times for cat naps before I got to the motel in Salt Lake City. 10-20 minute naps are way better than a gallon of coffee. No comparison.
Moral of my story, if you must get going from the event to get home in short order, DO NOT HESITATE to stop for quick naps, and take as many as needed.
I will not hesitate to nap for the trip to BRC, but so far the need has never arisen.

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]]> By: Miss_Go http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/tales-from-the-playa/a-little-more-sleep-to-avoid-the-big-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-46498 Miss_Go Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:13:06 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19767#comment-46498 I am SO glad you are ok! Thank you for posting this! I almost fell asleep at the wheel in 2010 headed back from the Burn and a friend and I decided to pull over and rest. It probably saved our lives. I have stopped in Cedarville on the way home from Portland and gotten a hotel on more than one occasion and will not hesitate to do it again, it’s better to stop and rest, than to risk your lives and the lives of everyone else on the road.

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]]> By: Thermal http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/tales-from-the-playa/a-little-more-sleep-to-avoid-the-big-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-46352 Thermal Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:22:07 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19767#comment-46352 That may have been 2003 instead… hard to remember, long time ago.

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]]> By: Thermal http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/tales-from-the-playa/a-little-more-sleep-to-avoid-the-big-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-46350 Thermal Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:18:07 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19767#comment-46350 I was driving east through Nevada in 2002 after the event. My friend and I both decided to take a detour off of I-80 for a scenic route and overnight in a hotel. We later learned that a horrible wreck happened just east of there just after we did that – a burner had crashed. I don’t remember what happened to that person. (I think they may have been killed, but I just don’t remember. If they did, as well as their passengers, my sympathies to the families and friends.)

I highly recommend taking it slow on the way back. Get rest, eat, stay in hotels, slow down. You will enjoy the trip more, see new stuff, and stay alive. And you will also be supporting the economies of some small towns on the way.

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]]> By: harinama http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/tales-from-the-playa/a-little-more-sleep-to-avoid-the-big-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-46312 harinama Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:58:24 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19767#comment-46312 Jody, yes you can stay through tuesday. You will, however, increase your changes of unkind words from some dpw folks, but what else is new? ;O)

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]]> By: harinama http://blog.burningman.com/2012/07/tales-from-the-playa/a-little-more-sleep-to-avoid-the-big-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-46310 harinama Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:56:59 +0000 http://blog.burningman.com/?p=19767#comment-46310 Just booked a stopover on the way home in Alturas. Last year, with the 7 hour exodus, it was a god send, as i hate napping aside the freeway.

Thank you for reminding me, and everyone else about the importance of resting while travelling to and from BRC.

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