Burning Man, the annual nine-day countercultural festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, has wrapped up and dusty travelers are heading home, causing a surge Monday in traffic at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport .

Among the Burners loading dirty luggage into plastic bags — per airport policy — and waiting for their flights home was Zey Nepsen, who was returning to New York City after her first Burning Man.

"It's Disneyland times 100," Nepsen said, likening the experience to being a kid on a playground for days without adult supervision.

Despite a stormy start to this year's Burning Man, Nepsen was still able to enjoy the art and "bizarre things you see."

But the most impactful aspect of Burning Man for Nepsen was the Temple, a wooden structure that provides Burners with spiritu

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