Gordon Clay here. I leave tomorrow morning on my annual pilgrimage to Burning Man on the Black Rock Dessert about 100 miles north of Reno.

I consider Burning Man my annual pilgrimage into creativity, mixed with a huge dose of self-reliance, in an intense weather environment, without the need for money or barter. You need something, someone can usually help and there isn't a price tag on it. It becomes their gift.

There are only two things allowed to be sold at Burning Man - ice and non-alcoholic beverages like lemonade and coffee.

For those who have heard about Burning Man yet not attended, it may conjure up visions of a wild party with lots of sex, drugs and nudity. That's how the press often portrays it.

Well, this is my tenth year and while I'm sure there are people doing drugs and having sex, I doubt that it is more than any town of 50,000 people.

Nudity is a different thing. There is nudity. Not much, though, and most of it is connected with performance art. There's probably less than 1% of the people who are partially nude at any one time

Some cities, in what I call the default world, actually have a law that prevents a woman from breast feeding in public. Not at Burning Man. In fact, many people who aren't afraid that their children are going to be negatively impacted by seeing the human body, bring their kids. There's even a Kidsville where they can live and share parenting responsibilites with other parents, so everyone gets some free time to explore the playa on their own.

If you are against personal freedom, stay home. If you would like to experience an extreme of personal freedom, come next year as a participant. No spectators allowed. Want more information go to burningman.com See you next year.