VW Bus Camp has been found! It looks like our home for 2011 is going to be at 3:00 & Funeral, right across the street (across 3:00?) from our friends Camp Walter!

The Leopard Lounge is busy burning the midnight oil getting things all prepped and ready to roll! Its all coming along wonderfully. Make sure to pencil in a trip to the spa this year!

And one more thing - we are looking for one more massage table to have in our second (yes, second!) private massage room. If anyone is willing to donate one for the week, we would be very very grateful. And you might even get a massage and some tequila out of the deal. Holler at us on vwbuscamp@vwbuscamp.com and let us know (make sure to check out the discussion list page if you're not already on this mailing list). Thanks!

As you can tell in the plan below, the Leopard Lounge is coming back for another year!

Leopard Lounge is offering up tequila shots, massages, hair tinseling, smudging, dream hearing, live music, and good company. Foot rubbing volunteers are welcome and needed! We provide the supplies - lotions, wipes, tequila, etc. It's a great way to gift. Extra points if you come with animal, jungle, safari, or leopard attire and stuff. Come visit or come to help out!

Hopefully, we'll all remember to bring enough tequila and limes to make it through the week...

Martha and Joel over at Camp Walter have graciously helped Gary and VW Bus Camp with a plan for bus camp for BM 2011. Check her out:


Thank you from all the buses!

Well, it all started innocently enough in 1998. I had heard about Burning Man, on a flyer actually, someone had made this crude drawing of the "the man" and I was just drawn to it. I checked out the BM website and decided that this theme camp thing was the way to go. I searched the list of theme camps looking to find that place where I would fit. I found lots of cool camps, but nothing seemed quite right. Almost by accident, I mentioned my plans to go to Burning Man to my friend Ron "Coyote", yes, that "Coyote", and since we were both bus owners, he said "why not a VW Bus Camp?" - Of course, why hadn't I thought of it before. Well, a few weeks later Sherry Lewis, yes that "Sherry Lewis", of Sherry Lewis and Lamb Chop, passed away. Ron C. was very upset and wanted to honor her memory with the "Sherry Lewis and Lambchop Martini Bar and Shrine". So I was left holding the bag wondering if I should even go through with it, but Ron C. pushed me on. So I did. The big plan was to arrange the busses in a spiral, like a giant crop circle, OK, so that didn't really work out, people parked any way the pleased and we awoke each morning to one or two new arrivals wedged in this way and that way, but we had an amazing time that year, and every year since. It just keeps getting better and better. I'm always amazed at how many people (including myself) keep coming back, we must be doing something right. If you have ever camped with us, then you're part of our family. And everybody that pulls into our little camp gets a great big hug and a "Welcome Home"! - Ron