Beach Blanket Bonanza was a family-style gathering for artist-organizers and social practitioners in a confluence location: a place significant to our work, our timelines, and our friendships. Green River, Utah served as the place to dive into complex conversations about politics, place, and practice. Between talks and among uranium mines, melon farms, sunsets, monuments, and goblins, we broke bread, hiked, swam, and worked it out.