Las Vegas Sun

April 23, 2024

Jeff Difabrizio, left, and Jahliele Paquin of Yellowknife, Canada, load up provisions in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Reno on their first trek to Burning Man. More than 100 recreational vehicles camped out at the Wal-Mart and a Reno casino Monday night when a rare rain storm turned the Black Rock Desert, 90 miles north, into a muddy quagmire.

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Jeff Difabrizio, left, and Jahliele Paquin of Yellowknife, Canada, load up provisions in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Reno on their first trek to Burning Man. More than 100 recreational vehicles camped out at the Wal-Mart and a Reno casino Monday night when a rare rain storm turned the Black Rock Desert, 90 miles north, into a muddy quagmire.