Christmas is over, so you know what that means. It’s time to grab a dead Christmas tree and join the Friends of the Rootless Forest for Danger Ranger’s Annual Post-Yule Pyre this Saturday, January 5th. Here are my photos from last year.
An annual San Francisco tradition occurs at this time of the year, when the last stand of sidewalk fir trees is logged by the Friends of the Rootless Forest and then piled up on the beach for some very rapid composting. Saturday, January 5th, meet at the Carousel Diner, 2750 Sloat Blvd at 7:00 PM. Look for the giant Doghead in the middle of the street. We’ll hang out for half an hour and then head west, using caution, stealth and tom-foolery to avoid the white tiger that prowls the Great Highway. Bring a christmas tree and libations. No glass containers on the beach, you assume the risk, no one is in charge, your mileage may very. And for those who are infused with gift-giving guilt and holiday cheer, carbon credits can be purchased to offset the footprint of our dedication to christmas consumption.
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Besides the little fuel you might use to get the fire going, there’s no need to buy carbon credits. Burning the x-mas trees just releases the carbon that they’ve accrued over the course of the their short life. Thus, the net carbon output, excluding starter fuel, is zero.
So… are we getting rained out, or what? The nutty amount of rain is less concerning than the warning of “high surf”…
Has this been rescheduled due to the Storm(s) of the Decade, yet?
Since 1991, the Post Yule Pyre has endured high winds, heavy rains, rising tides and flashing red lights. One of the most memorable burns was during a driving rainstorm. The blaze turned the rain to steam, participants rotated round and round staying warm, clothing drying on one side and getting wet on the other, everyone huddled together with an ecstatic gleam in their eyes. Its that moment when you know what its like to be really alive.
Does anyone know if there’ll be a second xmas beach burn this year ? Pretty sure there was a second one last year on the 2nd weekend of Jan.
Have several trees, a truck, and will pick up others…