Tomorrow I’ll be riding along with three other women to a big SCA event called Festival of Maidens, which is held two states away from here.
The opportunity to join the trip just came up yesterday when I was on Facebook chatting with the organizer and driver of the van, my friend Halle Snyder. I found out that one of the original four women had had to cancel. Halle offered me the open spot in the van and in the room.
Oh boy–slumber party! π
There will also be another woman with us in our suite, who hails from the State Up North, but we don’t hold that against her. π
While I am there, I hope to pick the brain of one of the SCA’s experts on all things Viking, Jen Johnson, as well as sit in on an afterparty concert with Bardic Storm. There’s even an open bar for it. Woo hoo!
We ladies are checking our wardrobes for our most fetching ensembles for the afterparty. I’ve decided to show a bit of cleavage (well, what I HAVE of cleavage, which is not much–hahaha!)
I hope I remember to take a lot of photos of the event, in which case you can be sure that I will publish them here. Halle has also requested that I bring my Zoom recorder, so I might be able to get a file or two from the concert…
stay safe on the road, have a wonderful time!
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Thank you, Suze! At least the weather will be starting to warm up–double digits above freezing! π
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hey, yer a viking! you can handle it! lol
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Have a fun time and safe trip.
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Thank you, Donnalee. I made another trek to the same place about a year and a half ago and ate a bunch of fast food during the weekend, which triggered a bad episode of heart failure. But I learned my lesson from that, so now if we do stop at McD’s or its ilk, it will be salad for me! π
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The hazards of bad food (and too little water) are real. Take care of yourself and maybe shop a little before you go and take easy healthy stuff in case you can’t get salad–
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Yes, something I’m already working on. I am taking snacks for the car and the hotel: aside from the ever-present cheese and crackers, I’ve packed grape tomatoes, peeled hardboiled eggs, and several pounds of Mandarin oranges! π
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Plus lots of bottled water, for the car, the hotel, and the event itself! π
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Great thinking–good for you! And I am sure there is a stash of warm clothing that can be used in the car if need be.
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Of course! I’m always prepared for roadside emergencies. And relieved that they so rarely happen!
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I think that makes you very sensible. Good for you! Flashlight?
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Always a flashlight
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Have a fun trip. Looking forward to the pics.
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Thanks, Larry! And good to see you again. π
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Nothing more exciting than a girls’ outing!
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A real hen party! π
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Wonderful news. Have a great time.
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Thanks! I’m looking forward to it, although I doubt I’ll get much sleep. But what is so different about that? π I just hope that I won’t disturb the others with my nocturnal wide-awakeness….
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