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gurdymonkeyGoogle Maps says it's 2 hours and 40-something minutes from San Leandro to Fresno. It was more like four on a Friday afternoon.
Stopped in Los Banos for a pee stop, McDeathburger with Cheese and a grocery stop for some fruit, bread, cheese and bottled water to contribute to the Artillerie Company.
Got about three minutes sleep Friday night. Lots of freeway noise and I just couldn't seem to settle in. Up early Saturday AM to move vehicles and get dressed. One of my campmates (I am ashamed I cannot remember this lovely gentleman's name! EDIT: Clancy! His name is Clancy. ) served me oatmeal and Earl Grey. I whipped up a new linen cap before the games got underway, and was more or less decently accoutred for the festivities.
Long day. We had a new couple with us. Of course they had spare clothes for Chris, but none for Tina. Dale sent her to me. I recommendedkass_rants' patterns and wrote down links for her. Headed out after the morning firing demo to busk, got halfway across the park - and Tempest fired up their amplifiers. I watched part of their set, and vainly tried to find a spot out of their sound shadow (turned out not to be possible). I did busk for awhile after they finished and made about $10, which was pretty good. When I tried to go out to busk later in the day I was doing ok and a pipe band decided to invade the merchant area, driving me back to camp.
It was fun, it was good seeing the guys, but it was a long, freaking day. Tomorrow I have to fix those tent poles and stake loops and maybe find time to work on my hiogi.
The Altamont Pass is always a logjam, so my co-worker suggests I head south on 880 to 101 south and pick up 152 going east to 99. 800 and 101 were respectively Friday afternoon-ish slow. 152 was a pain in the ass. Just past Gilroy as it starts to climb, it was down to 5 miles an hour all the way to 156 because of construction zones and a funky traffic merge.
Stopped in Los Banos for a pee stop, McDeathburger with Cheese and a grocery stop for some fruit, bread, cheese and bottled water to contribute to the Artillerie Company.
Some of the guys helped me set up when I arrived - and while my ridgepole is a near perfect fit and only needs to be trimmed about an inch, my new upright poles are about 6" too long and the pin holes I drilled in the ridgepole are a bit tight. I also discovered that the wind conditions in the Land of Wind and Poo had sawed up a couple of the stake loops pretty badly, so I'm going to need to repair them.
Got about three minutes sleep Friday night. Lots of freeway noise and I just couldn't seem to settle in. Up early Saturday AM to move vehicles and get dressed. One of my campmates (I am ashamed I cannot remember this lovely gentleman's name! EDIT: Clancy! His name is Clancy. ) served me oatmeal and Earl Grey. I whipped up a new linen cap before the games got underway, and was more or less decently accoutred for the festivities.
Long day. We had a new couple with us. Of course they had spare clothes for Chris, but none for Tina. Dale sent her to me. I recommended
kass_rants' patterns and wrote down links for her. Headed out after the morning firing demo to busk, got halfway across the park - and Tempest fired up their amplifiers. I watched part of their set, and vainly tried to find a spot out of their sound shadow (turned out not to be possible). I did busk for awhile after they finished and made about $10, which was pretty good. When I tried to go out to busk later in the day I was doing ok and a pipe band decided to invade the merchant area, driving me back to camp.It was fun, it was good seeing the guys, but it was a long, freaking day. Tomorrow I have to fix those tent poles and stake loops and maybe find time to work on my hiogi.
