been home since about 5:30a.m. monday – long drive, with a stop to sleep a couple hours. was truly falling asleep at the wheel by the time i got to sac. turned off the highway and onto surface road in folsom area. stopped in a shopping mall and got out to move a bit, then followed that road until i had to get back onto hwy 50. from there on up the hill i was fine and it seemed to go very quickly. hmmm
as for the show – it was great. i did very well and will definitely go back next year. there were some problems – do not understand howcome convention centers have such godawful docks! i mean, they really just don’t work!! so setup and teardown were a bit of a deal for the vendors – i mean, i sat in line for over an hour just to get into dock area for setup – and that was afternoon of second day. soooo, you can just imagine what it was like at the end when everyone was leaving at the same time. i didn’t even bother!! and that meant carting my stuff all the way back and across that huge room – just to get to the outside – and then thru the dock area and across the street (at least 5 lanes wide) into a small parking lot. me and several other people!! and, no, it was not all flat ground. more than one load fell off a cart! not mine tho.
as for attendees – well they had their own problems on friday due to the sheer numbers!! city not quite expecting so many. somewhat corrected on sat. i spect they will know and do better next year!!
i am now preparing to head back down that way to yorba linda. again be leaving wee hours on friday to arrive for setup at 1:00. no rest for the weary, they say. ^_^
so here’s a picture i took last week – another visitor to the thistle.
only problem i’m gonna have is not allowing a million more of these to come up next year cause i know this one is gonna do some serious seed dropping!
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