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This is an overview of the costs and benefits of using a single trailer for shower, toilets, fresh, and grey water as opposed to using OSS services (what's OSS, you ask?). Assumption: 2300 gallons fresh water, 2300 gallons waste water (mostly grey), two toile...

I know, you want to see the pictures! Whoop! And with Black Rock City in the rear view mirror, the sixth journey of the Turtle tribe into the temporary alternative zone of Burning Man is in the books. Scholars will debate whether this was the Best Burn Ever, ...

Redesigning the Future Turtles At the end of 2025 a lot of the public areas of the camp had been destroyed, and the sentiment among the campers was that certain parts of our public offering were at best boring and at worst inconsistent with their own goals and...

Existing condition (spring 2025): Problems: galvanized pipe is corroding too much weight hanging on ceiling (fell down in 2025) Plan: Mount shower heads from the wall (on the lumbar right above the shower enclosure) Replace pipes for shower with ...

Starting in 2026, we have a new shower / sink system. Complete instructions for assembly and disassembly are in the technical reference PDF. Turtle Shower Tech Ref.pdf  

In 2026 we're going to move everything we need to create camper shade and tents for up to 50 campers into one 20' container. Goals: Decommission the Empire Fort, which is on its last legs and stored in the wrong part of Nevada Simplify build and strike by...

What Is LTL and Why Do I Need It? LTL stands for Less Than Truckload. If you've only ever shipped with UPS or FedEx, think of LTL as the middle ground between parcel shipping and hiring an entire semi-truck. Your shipment shares trailer space with other shipp...

Oh boy, the Future Turtles! You know us, right? We’re that camp with the blockbuster dance parties with hundreds of burners and amazing techno DJs. The camp that just won’t stop – famous for the 18 hour mud party in the 2023 storm, we hosted THREE (count them)...

Projects: build cute tables for the Future Turtles Café build the new camp shower sew shade for the café  

Tasks: Build and organize new Habitat container Move gear from Empire Fort to new container Unpack and de-moop everything shipped to Reno Clean and re-organize everything in the tool fort Clean and re-organize everything in the pillow fort  Move item...

2026 In 2026 we are using United Site Services for porto-potties, grey water removal, and RV pumpouts for the build RV. THREE PEOPLE from the build team, Joel, Gary, and Viv, are listed on the USS contract as authorized representatives. One of them will have...

Running the camp takes a lot of work, which we estimate to be about 12 hours per person during the week.  An Idea for Shifts in 2026 As a turtle in 2026, you will be in one of these categories: How many? What? What you will do  32 Grunts ...

An art project in camp since 2022, getting better every year! Turtle Whips Tech Ref.pdf

For 2026 we're serving Dirty Soda in the Future Turtles Café every afternoon. Recipes: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lo2PzYGtjGzSlkDvb0e-gCrKRWjIodxFnhKs6shJF0Y/edit?usp=sharing