I woke up Saturday morning and checked my burrito horoscope . It always says that.
Funny thing is, it's always right.
Things were already bustling in Mountain View's Rengstorff Park by the time I arrived at the site at 10 a.m. Two hundred twenty bingo tables had already been set up, the vendors were already selling commemorative hats, and a man known as Johnny Guitar was onstage singing traditional burrito-building ballads. Official volunteers, each charged with managing a 32-foot length of the behemoth, leaned pensively against the ropes, waiting. Just prior to 11 a.m., a truck loaded with 40 pound boxes of assorted fillings arrived. In a few moments, more than 4,500 pounds of tortillas, rice, beans, chorizo, and salsa had been unloaded and were awaiting preparation. Next, two long rolls of aluminum foil were unrolled across the entire expanse.