Feb. 20th, 2008

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.....For me Estrella War will always be at Estrella Mountain Park outside of Goodyear, Arizona. It was where I went for my first Estrella War and all of my best memories of Estrella are held there. But in retrospect it doesn't take a genius to figure out that we were quickly outgrowing that site years ago. People were continuously squeezing in tighter and tighter. And every year you could see the new housing developments of Phoenix getting closer and closer.

.....The Shremph (sp?) Farm site seemed like a good compromise. It was also in the outskirts of Phoenix, but was situated on an actual farm that had a little room for growth. It had some definite things going for it, including size of space and an AWESOME Battle Pit for wars. But it also had its drawbacks, mainly the respiratory distress it seemed to cause everyone and the difficult time the Autocrat Team always had in negotiating terms with the site owners.

.....So, in comes a new site to save the day. In Florence, Arizona. On a site that usually holds huge Country Western Music Concerts. It is HUGE, with lots of room for growth. And it is out in the middle of freakin' NOWHERE, Arizona. Near a large prison as a matter of fact.

.....Here is a picture of the site looking from on top of a hill at the entrance to the park...



.....But the thing that is forever going to stick in my brain from this year's Estrella is the Arizona MUD. It is insidious stuff that clings like some alien goo to everything it touches. I've attended some nine Estrella's now and it has rained before, but never this much for this length of time. It was so bad that our street turned into a bog monster that even captured the Biffy Truck for a good half a day.

.....But, you know, when all is said and done, I think that I'll be back there next year. :-)

.....Aaron / Arontius.

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