Packing In For Last Chance.

[arontius]

.....Last night was the big Baronial Storage Unit Pack-Out for the Last Chance Tournament in the Uplands of Port Gamble. It was a good turn-out actually. Enough people to pack everything into the assembled vehicles, but not so many that we were tripping over each other with abandon.

.....The weather has been making me nervous. Clouds and rain. All the way through the weekend. I kept having visions of June Faire 2008 in the Uplands of Swamp Heaven. I was anxious to get to site and see the score.

.....Sierrena (Ceara), the first time Autocrat, has been an absolute rock of surety. She is going to grow into a fine Autocrat. She is steady, hard working, willing to listen and make decisions. She does not panic, and she works through issues as they arise. I'm impressed.

.....Several new people who joined the branch this year also turned up for the pack-out. They seemed just as un-phased by the weather. This helped ease my mind as well. Positive attitudes should always win the day. :-)

.....Even the grumpy curmudgeonly folks who showed up were more humorous than they were rude. :-)

.....Took us about fourty-five minutes to pack. Probably a little longer than it should, but there was a little miscommunication. And the tieing down of aluminum poles to a roof rack is far more difficult than it should be. They are slippery suckers. I drove at least five miles under the speed limit the entire time in fear of the poles sliding out and on to the road in front of me or behind me. That would have been an 'ack' for sure, especially for the idiots who decided to drive on top of my bumper because I was going to sloo for them.

.....We arrived on site around a quarter after seven and the first thing we did was walk around the site. I was pleasantly surprised. There is plenty of open space that is graveled or well drained. The Uplands have been allowed to drain and dry for a couple of years now, and it shows. There are still boggy spots, but they can be marked and avoided.

.....I'm relatively sure attendance of campers is going to be pretty low this year. Which is sad as this is Their Excellencies last Baronial Event. I wish I had a good alternative, even if just for the feast. I wonder if Port Gamble would let us have the Wedding Pavilion cheap for just the feast? I may have to give them a call today and find out.

.....Ceara has a crew coming to site relatively early today for set-up. TBT is going to be on site to support any Merchants who show up. If anyone reading this is going to be up there today, please help me ensure she doesn't hurt her back. Eh?

.....I'm going to be up there around five-ish. I couldn't get out of work early today. Too many things happening here. But I'm thinking that there will still be things to do after 5PM.

.....I'm actually feeling somewhat guilty for not camping up there this weekend. But we couldn't get Lobelia to site this weekend, and we're just not set up at the moment to get all of our camping equipment up there. But it definitely highlights our camping issues and the need to GET ORGANIZED before next year bites us in the rear ends. We'll need to do more heavy-duty pavilion camping next year and need to be ready. It'll definitely be a priority this winter.

.....Sigh, one of about five hundred priority items for sure. :-) Oh, well, I said yes. So I need to NOT complain and just get busy. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.

Comments

Feast.

[arontius]

That's a good point. We might have to just plan on being VERY neighborly with each other under all the cover we can get on site. :-) You'll have to convince Renart to smile more often. :-) Although, if he cooks, he can let his cooking do the talking for him. He'll have PLENTY of new friends then.

A.

[ayeshadream.livejournal.com]

I really wish I could make it for their last event- we have birthing classes both days from 10AM-4:15PM.

Maybe I could at least pop over for dinner? If so I'd likely either bake tonight (just for fun) or just bring rolls or something. Have fun, stay comfortable!

Feasting.

[arontius]

We would love to see you, but baby comes first I know. You could always plan on being at Crown Council? Which is really Their Excellencies last event. It'll be highly emotional though, I bet.

This is a tough call. You'll have plenty of friends to welcome you if you show up in any case. :-)

A.

[derekl1963.livejournal.com]

Check the culinary list Raf... you can come sit with us! When I was putting Gabby's tarts in the fridge last night, I was hard put not to dig into 'em.

(P.S. to Aaron I agree with Anne - trying to get people to move the the pavilion, when they've been planning on cooking and eating onsite, etc., is likely to be a massive cluster.)

Edit to add: Last para now redundant as you replied while I was composing.

[bumblebee2006.livejournal.com]

Pt Gamble Pavillion is a NO. It's booked, or so it says on the website calendar.