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I'm 48 hours back from Burning Man, and sitting in a fancy hotel in LA. Quite the cultural contrast.

I knew there would be travel right after the return, but the details weren't worked out when I left. So I had someone at the office set things up for me once the "go" came in from the client. That meant I didn't know exactly when I'd need to leave until I drove into Cedarville two hours out of the Black Rock Desert, and once again had a phone signal... and a couple hundred e-mails on my Blackberry. I spent most of breakfast in Alturas sorting through those and reading the important ones.

It wasn't that bad, I had a full day at home before needing to head to the airport. This is a fast track project, and this trip was for a meeting and a site visit, with the intent of identifying issues and writing up a memo to propose methods of addressing those issues. It's fairly complex, and this is probably just the start. I'm expecting to be back down here within a few weeks for agency meetings.

But first, there's a San Francisco trip next week, and another probable fast-track project breaking in Chicago. It's looking like a busy travel season this fall.

I'm hoping to find time to write about the Burning Man experience, but not tonight, not in any detail... I have an early flight to catch tomorrow. For now let's just say that it was a good crew, 9 good people, no problems, no drama. The event... as usual, I saw the best and the worst of human nature. But overall I'd say it was a better experience than last year, and I managed to acclimate to the weather/elevation/noise more quickly this time.

More when I can.