black rock rendezvous

 

locator map Join the Friends of Black Rock, the Nevada Outdoor School, the Friends of Nevada Wilderness and other partner groups in the Black Rock Desert for a weekend of fun, education, exploration, music and more. The Black Rock Rendezvous celebrates the diversity of uses, and history of the Black Rock Desert Region while fostering stewardship.

This is a Leave No Trace Camping Event. Come prepared. Bring all of your own food and water. Lodging & RV rentals are also available nearby. Click here for camping info.

TICKETS NOW ON SALE NOW, get them here: shopblackrockdesert.org
Tickets include all talks, tours, music and entertainment. Families, there is a FREE kids camp each day.

One day: $20 members, $30 non-members
Two day: $35 members, $55 non-members, includes 2 raffle tickets and 2 beer tickets
TWO DAY PRICE FOR NON MEMBERS ALSO INCLUDES INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP
Kids under 16 free.
Sunday dinner from Gordons BBQ, Fernley: $25

All event tickets will be held for pickup at the event, where you will receive a bracelet, raffle tickets, and beer tickets.

PETS: Pets are not recommended but are allowed if under control at all times. This means on a leash. Last year more than one dog was spooked and went missing during the fireworks display.

Check out the list of specific volunteer needs here then send your request to volunteer@blackrockdesert.org to sign up. All volunteers serving a minimum of 3 shifts will receive a rendezvous T-shirt.

The schedule is still developing. Details forthcoming where noted. Check back prior to coming.
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FRIDAY, MAY 28

4pm - 8pm Dave Cooper camp host, cashier open. Arrive early to set up your camp, sign up to volunteer, and meet other event participants.


8pm - 11pm Talk around the campfire.

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SATURDAY, MAY 29

5:30am sunrise

8am - 9am cashier open, sign up for Sunday tours

9am - 4pm KIDS CAMP: registration, name games/ make name tags, Team Building and Challenge Course Activities, cordage making, LNT lessons (Car Camping) Campsite Audit, Emigrant Trails: Stories, Games, Role Play, snack and story, games


9am - 11am Orientation tag_img


• Welcome from Friends of Black Rock High Rock: Matthew "Metric" Ebert,
      Michael "Crow" Black, Will Roger Peterson, Dave Cooper, Debbie Smith
• BLM staff introductions:
     Gene Seidlitz, Alexander Howe, Curt Booher, Mark Gingrich, Roger Farschon
• Nevada Outdoor School: Andy Hart, Holly Palmer, Jen Stockton.
     Brief outline of kids activities
• Friends of Nevada Wilderness: Shaaron Netherton, Pat Bruce, Brian Beffort.
    Description of Steamboat volunteer service project
• Desert Research Institute:
    Ken Adams, Don Sada. Playa dynamics, description of riparian inventory project
• Talk and Tour leader introductions
• SAFETY PROCEDURES, Alexander Howe
• Camp guidelines and other business, Matthew Ebert

11am - 1pm lunch on your own, cashier time

1pm - 6pm Workshops / Talks (at main camp): tag_img


• Paiute Talk: Lorraine Watson, Summit Lake Paiute Tribe
• Emigrant history: David Valentine
• John C. Fremont/emigrants: Fred Horlacher
• Ranching history/culture: Jim Linebaugh, Jim Kudrna
• Burning Man: Will Roger Peterson

• Geology/hydrology: Mark Gingrich, BLM
• Archaeology: Ed Stoner
• Riparian: Ken Adams/Don Sada, Desert Research Institute
• Wildlife: Larry Johnson, Nevada Bighorns Unlimited
• Paleontology: Roger Farschon, BLM (5 pm)

• Rocketry: Peter Clay, AeroPac
• Dave Book: Ham Radio demostration


Afternoon tours: LNT hike - Jen Stockton, Karina OConnor
Rocket launches?



6:30pm - 7:30pm Dutch oven cookoff with prizes, potluck dinner
Anyone may enter your Dutch oven cooking creation into the contest. A panel of judges will select the winning concoction and a special prize will be awarded to the winner. Or, just bring your favorite dish to add to this potluck.





7:00pm - 8:00pm Friends of Black Rock High Rock RAFFLE
TICKETS: $6 for one, $10 for two, or $45 for ten chances to win.
Win TWO TICKETS TO BURNING MAN or one of our fabulous prizes from area retailers, massage therapists, breweries, restaurants, and Friends members.





8:20pm sunset

8:00pm - 8:30pm keynote w/ Peter Goin, Professor of Art, UNR

8:30pm Gong Ceremony with Judy Strauss, pathtobliss.com, The gongs deep vibrations move around and through the body in a most delightful and amazing way soothing, facilitating balance, and awakening the spirit. Ultimate peace and happiness are achieved through balance, perspective, and being present.




9pm - 11pm Movies (The Winning of Barbara Worth or Far from Home), stargazing

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SUNDAY, MAY 30

7am - 8am tours rally at main camp

8am - 4pm KIDS CAMP: 7:50 registration, warm-ups, games, Exploratory Hike, Observation Lessons, Games, Orienteering, journaling, lunch (provided by NOS) and clean up, science craft, snack and story, Outdoor Skills, Creative Thinking Challenge, games, 4 5 pm mountain man skills w/ Kryer



8am - 5pm Tours tag_img


• Emigrant Trail (Rabbit Hole to Mud Meadow) Terry Hardwicke
• Hot Springs David Book
• High Rock Canyon Roger Farschon, incl. Soldier Meadows
• Petroglyph/Leadville/petrified Valentine

OHV Geocache Rally Jen Stockton tag_img


Participants may choose to take this self-guided treasure hunt through the Black Rock Desert,
starting with a map and GPS coordinates. At each location, the coordinates and map for the
next location can be found. Find all 9 locations and get the special T-shirt gift.

Great Basin Brewing Company Bicycle Race, Sulfur to Black Rock $25.00 entry fee tag_img


Participants will convene at the Main Camp at 8 am to disembark to the starting line.
Transportation will be provided for bicycles and riders. The race will start at 10 am at
Sulphur near the old auto graveyard, and follows a dirt jeep trail along the railroad
tracks for 7 miles before turning west along the scenic and historic Applegate Lassen
Emigrant Trail. The route continues for an additional 10.7 miles, crossing the Quinn
River, and finishing at the Black Rock Hot Spring.

    Cyclists must be prepared with appropriate clothing, sunscreen, and water!
    There will be no comfort stations along the route.

There is a $25 entry fee, and all participants will receive an event T-shirt.
Cash prizes for the top three finishers will be a percentage of the total purse collected:
25% for 1st, 10% for 2nd, and 5% for 3rd place.
The remaining proceeds will cover overhead costs and benefit our year-round conservation
efforts in the Black Rock NCA. Great Basin Brewing Company will provide a selection of
their micro-brewed beers to be enjoyed by finishing participants of legal drinking age.

3 - 5 pm Rocket launches, black powder gun safety and instruction

8am - 2pm Conservation Projects tag_img


Riparian (spring) inventory project - Don Sada
Help Friends of Black rock launch this important project which will achieve baseline inventory
for area springs, enabling restoration of these valuable resources for the use of wildlife.
Participants will visit Deep Hole Spring, Rabbit Hole Spring, & possibly others while assessing
their health through a newly-developed inventory procedure suitable for amateur volunteers.

Steamboat road rehabilitation - Pat Bruce
Work with Pat Bruce and Friends of Nevada Wilderness to erase trespass roads near
Steamboat Hill. Wiping out these illegal roads helps keep them from proliferating
and aids in the re-establishment of vegetation and wildlife.

Breakfast/lunch provided for conservation volunteers.


5:00pm - 7pm FBRHR ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING
This is the Friends of Black Rock High Rock Annual meeting, where new board members are elected, officers are chosen, bylaws changes are adopted, and a review of the 2009 annual report is presented.




7pm - 8:00pm Gordons BBQ dinner - $25.00 Self Serve Buffet with servers on meats only.
3 meats: Championship Award Winning BBQ Beef Tri-Tip, Chicken (Legs & Thighs), & BBQ Pork Spare Ribs
Sides: Potato or Mac Salad, Our Famous Meaty Beans, Whole Sweet Kernel Corn in Butter, Fresh Dinner Roll with butter





8pm - 9pm Cowboy poetry w/ Leon Flick

9pm - 11pm HomeMade Jam Band bluegrass and acoustic country rock homemadejamband.com

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MONDAY, MAY 31

Volunteer Clean-Up, drive home safely!

 

 

 


National Conservation Area

Black Rock Rendezvous Raffle
Get your raffle tickets here

• 2 tickets to 2010 Burning Man: Metropolis
• 2 gift certificates to Black Rock Bungalow
REI deluxe hiking backpack
Trails West Applegate Trail Guide
Trails West Nobles Trail Guide
• Chuck Dodd's Guide to Getting Around in the Black Rock Desert
• Chuck Dodd's Guide to the Applegate Trail
Stephen Chandler box mounted photo Desert Circles
Peppermill $100 gift certificate to Bimini Steakhouse
Atlantis Casino one night stay in a tower guestroom
Great Basin Brewing Company pony keg
• Playa Portraits by Doug Keister
• A Cows Tail for a Compass by Leon Flick
• Little High Rock photo print by Graham Stafford
• Prizes from The Friends of Nevada Wilderness: Camelback water bottle, GSI bear share mug w/ FNVW logo, Wilderness Press books: Fork in the Trail cookbook and Backpacking in Nevada, Embroidered FNVW T-shirt
• gift certificate for El Adobe Mexican Restaurant
• professional massage from Debbie Smith
• Valenza leather daypack
• Nylon vest w/ Friends patch
• Bruno's ballcap
• Collectors "Norm's cozy corner" ballcap
• LED pocket flashlights
• Friends of Black Rock High Rock hooded sweatshirts
• Friends of Black Rock High Rock calendars
• Friends of Black Rock High Rock specialty jackets
...and other prizes as they are confirmed!

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