Monday, August 6, 2018
Leo and family,
You helped make Burning Man a special place for my family. We always knew that if we'd forgotten something, Leo had it, that if we were dehydrated, Leo had ice water handy, and, most importantly, if we wanted to have an intelligent conversation, Leo would stay up for hours to talk.
We also fell in love with Anna and the boys. Anna used to come to our camp to escape the horrible state of being with three men, and we embraced her. She joined us on many adventures, helped mentor my young daughter, and always had a smile and adventurous spirit. Anna, if you're reading this, do you remember when we rode out to see some music with Bobby and wound up in the wrong place? I loved riding out with you on a bike and just stopping at every random place to see what they were about and gathering jewelry, stickers, and other swag.
I will be going back to Burning Man this year and plan to put something in the temple to commemorate Leo. He gave my daughter a bottle of booze after we'd left last year. She apparently had a clue what was happening and has saved it. I figure we'll share it with other friends of Leo and include that in what we leave. Someone else has offered to give me a proof of an engineering question he and Leo discussed, which I will also put in there. Anyone else have suggestions? I think I might include a nice set of classic rock, which he loved to blast to counter the obnoxious EDM one hears whomp-whomping all over the playa.
So much love,
Ellen Chase ellenchase90717@gmail.com
