Day 0 - Driving Down

I rented a 28' RV to transport a few friends and our personal gear. The RV was also to be used later for cooking. We convoyed with the bus.

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Bus runs out of gas. Being in the middle of nowhere, we were trying to make it to a FULL-sized truck stop for the bus (which is diesel), and there was supposed to be one at the next exit, but the bus ran out of gas. Oops!

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The little gas station. It turned out to not be a huge truck stop.

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Back on the road

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Bus breaks down. Several engine belts had disintegrated and fallen off, including the power steering and water pump. The bus was stranded for the night, but the RV continued to the Playa that night.

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Dinner by the side of the road, in the RV

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Arrive at the playa, 3:30 am

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