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A weekend in Montana
May. 26th, 2009 08:14 pmSo the illness I was feeling last week was definitely allergies. Friday morning the allergy pills I took got rid of the symptoms beautifully and they returned exactly five and a half hours later.
We left Everett at 6:20 am and arrived at 4:30 pm (losing an hour when we crossed into Mountain Time). We stopped in Coeur d'Alene for lunch at Sonic (a treat for us, since we don't have any). The trip was very pretty -- snow in the mountains, corn growing in the fields, and fast running mountain rivers.
Miscon itself was a lot of fun. We had a dealer's tables and I did my best to sell books. I wasn't very optimistic, but the tables were so cheap, I couldn't turn down the opportunity. In the end, we sold more than enough to pay for the table, which surprised me quite a bit.
Christine wound up being allergic to something out there and spent much of the con either miserable or asleep. I didn't see much of the con, being stuck behind the table, but it was very well organized and very attendee friendly.
The hotel is one of the best things about the con. Excellent free breakfast, friendly, helpfull staff, and a creek flowing along the backside of the hotel.
What wound up being the highlight of the con was some guys from Pittsburg who travel around the country to conventions and host zombie-themed LARP sessions for pay. Becca tried one out an Saturday and was immediately hooked. She is now in hawk for many future allowances and extra chores around the house, both for sessions and for some of their merchandise -- a I (brain) Zombies hoodie and a bio-hazard denim purse.
They were short one player for a Sunday night game, so they invited me to join them for free. It was surprisingly fun and intense. With a full group it would have been well worth $14 for a 90 minute game.
I got into a long conversation with Mike Stackpole and a few others about ebooks and the Kindle and have decided to give it a try. So that's my project for the next few weeks.
The drive home was non eventful and we got in late on Monday. A very nice weekend!
We left Everett at 6:20 am and arrived at 4:30 pm (losing an hour when we crossed into Mountain Time). We stopped in Coeur d'Alene for lunch at Sonic (a treat for us, since we don't have any). The trip was very pretty -- snow in the mountains, corn growing in the fields, and fast running mountain rivers.
Miscon itself was a lot of fun. We had a dealer's tables and I did my best to sell books. I wasn't very optimistic, but the tables were so cheap, I couldn't turn down the opportunity. In the end, we sold more than enough to pay for the table, which surprised me quite a bit.
Christine wound up being allergic to something out there and spent much of the con either miserable or asleep. I didn't see much of the con, being stuck behind the table, but it was very well organized and very attendee friendly.
The hotel is one of the best things about the con. Excellent free breakfast, friendly, helpfull staff, and a creek flowing along the backside of the hotel.
What wound up being the highlight of the con was some guys from Pittsburg who travel around the country to conventions and host zombie-themed LARP sessions for pay. Becca tried one out an Saturday and was immediately hooked. She is now in hawk for many future allowances and extra chores around the house, both for sessions and for some of their merchandise -- a I (brain) Zombies hoodie and a bio-hazard denim purse.
They were short one player for a Sunday night game, so they invited me to join them for free. It was surprisingly fun and intense. With a full group it would have been well worth $14 for a 90 minute game.
I got into a long conversation with Mike Stackpole and a few others about ebooks and the Kindle and have decided to give it a try. So that's my project for the next few weeks.
The drive home was non eventful and we got in late on Monday. A very nice weekend!
