lensman

Well We get the tent setup but its getting late so I decide to spik the rope bad for the first night and just put the air mattress on the ground. (This is the first year I've used them but the AreoMattress "bed in a minute" that you see on those TV commercials is great. [Just becareful of which one you get one has a rechargeable motor, the other requires and electrical socket. B and another pair of friends ended up buying the latter by mistake])

Well the whole 2way FRS radio idea failed. They worked great in Fla., but I guess the terrain was too rugged for them in Pa. I could only get reception through about the halfway point at Pennsic. B hated them cause she was only able to rech me once.

There were approx 13,000 (slightly less) people there this year, and my overall impression is that it's starting to get a little TOO big. They had more haywagon routes to cover with the same number of waggons, so it meant you hardly ever saw them.

The EMS food tent was less than half its usual size. They needed more garbadge pails through out the vendor areas. I'm still annoyed by the "Classic swimming hole" (more like the "classic wading pool") although it is still very cold and refreshing.

From what I saw of B's camp up on the top of the hill, that looked like a nice place to stay. but don't drive up there in anything less than a jeep.

Some of the camp gates got a new facelift this year. Which was nice to see. The parties were all good. At the Hell party A, V, & Dee were all corseted up and at one point left the poor guy playing Satan speechless. :-) Arm in arm facing the poor guy with their busts straining against the fabric, they said "We're the burmuda tri-angle of red-heads... Care to get lost inside..." The reaction was great.... "Um, ah, Um, I've got some paperwork to finish over there...", and he turned and nearly ran. :-)

I may take next year off and do something different, or not. It depends on what I'm feeling like come next year.