Norwescon 31: Arrival

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We've arived.  Juli and I pulled in at about 1:30.  Just as we got out of the car my phone rang.  Adam had arrived at the airport from Anchorage and was waiting for the courtesy van to the hotel.  We met Adam about two years ago.  He's a friend of Mark's who has come out of Alaska to join us at a Con or two.  Just as I hung up with Adam, Gene and Michael flagged us down.  Coincidences like this bode well for this con.

I didn't mention...  This morning after pulling into Fred Meyer in Port Orchard it started snowing on us.  First full day of Spring and it's snowing.  It didn't feel that cold.  In fact I've only packed t-shirts.  Hmmm

We tried to check in to the hotel, unfortunately the rooms hadn't been serviced yet.  They offered to stuff us [I do mean stuff] us into the monkey wing party wing.  We politely and emphatically declined.  They said they could assign a room to us in the Tower [we like the Tower]  but we would have to wait until it was ready before we could check in.  They could call us when the rooms were ready.  Cell Phones!!!  Yeay!!!

So Juli and I got our badges [We need stinkin' badges].  On our way back to the cafe where Gene and Michael were eating lunch we ran into Adam.  He went off to register for the con while Juli and I joined the others for a snack.  Nice cup of chowder there.  While Gene and Juli debriefed each other on family horror stories the hotel called to tell me our room was ready.  I ran into Adam and Mark [see?  It's coincidental NorWesCon!].  I offered to take Adam's bag up to the room [accepted].  

Juli and I unloaded the car.  On our way there Gene got his call that his room was ready.  We share a balcony so we can stack our drinks up to the gate without worrying that some nefarious person will swipe them.  Gene and Michael have free access.  Now we are looking over our con bag goodies.