Here's something that might fit the bill for some of our more extreme steamship fanatics. The Burning Man festival is scheduled for August 26, 2002 through September 2, 2002, in Black Rock, Nevada. It's advertised as an "experiment in radical self-expression" -- here's a case in point, the so-called "Red Guy":
http://images.burnin gman.com/index.cgi?i mage=263
It's in its seventeenth year, and originated in San Francisco. They call themselves a "temporary art community." The theme this year ("A Floating World") has to do with Black Rock being a "coastal city" and participants being ships. They will burn a huge wooden lighthouse with a human wooden figure, at the end of it. If you want more information go to http://www.burningma n.com
I suppose some members could go there and pretend they were the Titanic. Personally, I don't think that I'll make it.
http://images.burnin gman.com/index.cgi?i mage=263
It's in its seventeenth year, and originated in San Francisco. They call themselves a "temporary art community." The theme this year ("A Floating World") has to do with Black Rock being a "coastal city" and participants being ships. They will burn a huge wooden lighthouse with a human wooden figure, at the end of it. If you want more information go to http://www.burningma n.com
I suppose some members could go there and pretend they were the Titanic. Personally, I don't think that I'll make it.