Album: 07-22 Gerlach Train Work

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I fly Justin out to Reno and pick him up in the bus to head out to Gerlach to work on Timmy's train (and, as it turns out, on installing the new electrical system in my bus, which takes far longer than I expected)
Justin's first time on Playa
( comments) 		The ground and road
is covered with cicadas ( comments) 		Three mile road!
( comments) 		The train, in storage
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We build a frame for the batteries
( comments) 		Justin approved
( comments) 		It's pretty decent, actually
( comments) 		Inverter install on the wall
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Batteries inside
( comments) 		Strap 'em down!
( comments) 		The accordion barricade.
Burning Man DMV requires some sort of barricade for trailers. ( comments) 		Drive testing the barricades
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Turn test
[Video, 39.6M] ( comments) 		Facing the Fear Beast
(the body) is in possibly forever storage out there. ( comments) 		Test driving the accordions
(both sides) ( comments) 		That's the shell of the train station
in the background! ( comments)
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( comments) 		Checking wheels and such
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On the way home,
I need some cold water. ( comments) 		20230725 194553 jpg
( comments) 		It turns out there is
a great swimming hole at "The bent bridge" on South Yuba River on Hwy 49 ( comments) 		It's perfect, and it's bus accessible
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Panorama
( comments) 		The rocks are great
( comments) 		and the water is perfect
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