EARLY TAKE
Here I am with the camel lounger before I converted it into the bean dip.The lounger made a good mobile camp. After a couple days, though, it was time for a change. I replaced the cot with an inflatable pool and filled it with about 300 pounds of silky pinto beans. The bean dip was an immediate success.
One of the first to take a dip...
People responded intuitively to the bean dip by stepping in, then scooching down and wiggling into the beans. They usually then scooped and plowed beans over the rest of their body. When the time was right, I began to pour beans over whatever was still exposed. This usually involved strategic promontories....and smiles and sighs....
This gal rolled up her sleeves(?) and helped bean people.
She later jumped in herself (see below).
Isn't life wonderful?
Yes Yes
Say when.
I used my camp saucepan to ladle beans over people most of the day. After several hours, my arm was so tired I had to relunctantly take a break. This allowed me time to get a few more photos of beandippers as others carried on for me. While I stretched my legs, people took turns beaning each other, and everyone seemed to really enjoy both ends of it. For me, the experience was unforgetable. By the end of the day I had blisters on my hand from pouring tons of beans over people. I look forward to it again next year.....
Oh well...
My intent was to push the bean dip cart from my boonie camp up to the esplanade, but the intersection of North 4th and Atlantic(?) turned out to be far enough. The bean dip was overrun and remained in the middle of the intersection for the rest of the day, up until BURN TIME when a BRC ranger asked that I clear the intersection for fire lane regulations. I moved the dip over a bit to in front of Carp Camp (background) where beaning continued late into the night, after THE BURN. Camp Carp was a friendly host to the dip, and I'd like to thank them for their hospitality.
Watching the world go by. Bean there, done that.
