Pennsic creep

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As I look at the schedule for Pennsic, it's looking more and more like the next time we go, whether that's next year or the year after, we should consider going Weds to Weds, or Thurs to Thurs, instead of "second week." Too much is moving earlier, and less is happening late in the week. It's the order meeting announcement that has set me off in this particular case. All four of the orders to which either jducoeur or I belong will have met before we get on site this year. And the days of a big splashy Great Court on the final Saturday are long gone (and we're supposed to be off-site by then anyway). I'm hearing from friends that breakdown starts in some camps on Friday nowadays! The times are a-changin'.

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Ain't what it used to be.....

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The last Pennsic we were able to make, Kai and I arrived Monday-ish of first week, and left on Wednesday of War Week. I anticipate all future Pennsics to go this route....calls us whiny, old and tired, but we have found that we don't like to do a daylong haul there or home, no longer enjoy driving at night, and like having a whole day off at home to decompress before returning to work. Also, considering that Camp Grama is in West Virgina (2&1/2 hours from Pennsic in the wrong direction) and that we relish spending some appropriate time with his parents (not just dump kids and go)....well, it really puts holes in our entire Pennsic experience. If we had three weeks of vacation to take for Pennsic, it might work better, but until that happens.....

I honestly don't think we're 'old and tired' (alright, maybe I'm being a bit whiny, I really miss Pennsic!), but I believe instead our current philosophy is just a natural evolution.

I do find your post gratifying; perhaps Pennsic activites are also evolving to meet the Real Life schedules and needs of many of our maturing populace ;-). If so, maybe we'll get to see more of the Big Stuff than last time we went.

And yeah, we're aiming HARD for 2008.

Have fun for us.