Last year's Burning Man was a wet and muddy mess.
Other than the gates closing temporarily at the beginning, there was no significant weather issues for this year's party in the desert.
However, wind gusts created some visibility issues for those trying to get back home.
"During the temple burn it was basically a white out. Even if you were 100 feet from the fire you couldn't see the glow from it let alone the fire itself and so that was pretty haunting," said Sean Papile, who went to Burning Man for the first time this year.
"This year was really mellow until the very last temple burn," said Aren Page, who has gone to Burning Man three times. "On the way out it was white out dust, couldn't see nothing maybe a foot in front of your face. Always an adventure out here."
The Burning Man organization sent out a wind advisory, warning those heading out that if they are unable to see to wait until the dust settles.
They expect the wind gusts to be high until around 8 p.m. but things could change.
This was the first time in a while that tickets did not sell out early for Burning Man.
However, some long-time veterans to the Burning Man experience said it felt like a blast from the past.
"Lot of people took this year off so it made it really intimate," said Sam Bloch, who has gone to Burning Man 19 times. "It felt like going back in time eight to ten years."
Once you get out of Gerlach, Nixon is about an hour away. Just a minute outside of Nixon is a car wash, helping burners clean off their rides before heading back into town.
"We enjoy it, we love the people coming through," said Kent Miller, worker at the car wash. "We try and help them the best that we can."
This car wash prides itself on not trying to be a money making business, but rather a service to help people.
Miller says it takes so much to get the car wash operating that they don't make that much money.
Normally, the end of vacation is met with sadness that the fun is over, but some burners are excited to get back to reality.
"There's so many elements of that I want to bring back to my everyday life of like how can we share more with one another, and gift and be in community and collaboration and I'm feeling inspired," said Mikayla Bogart, who went to Burning Man for the first time.
"Wednesday, Thursday, you're like 'oh my God it's halfway over' and then by Monday morning everyone's like yeah it's time to go home," Bloch said.
