Amidst all my recent movements, I had a chance to spend four days recently at this year's Apogaea, a Burning Man-type event in the mountains southwest of Denver.
I went with my old pals Okki and Ashwin "Ash". We had quite an adventure, the three of us. I took off a couple day's work to attend the whole shebang.
Apogaea lived up to the concept of being a Burning Man event. But it was quite different from Burning Man in many respects as well, not the least of which was the geography and location---at 8000 feet on the flank of the mountains above the Platte River canyon.
The size of the event is much smaller, in the low thousands, much like Burning Man was a couple decades ago. As an attendee one camps on rocky, moist uneven ground amidst pines and fires, instead of on a dry lake bed. It gets cold at night. It rained multiple times during the afternoon.
And the people are different. The vibe is different. It made for an interesting long weekend, trying to figure all that out, and enjoy ourselves at the same time.
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