Arrangements made

[vakkotaur]

I now have the 18th and 19th of November off work so I can go to Midwest FurFest. I'll be leaving MFF early Sunday afternoon. I did find out that the Fairmont Glows parade (where I'd see those Belgian horses again, most likely) is on the 19th so I'll miss that this year. Fortunately there should be another, better chance to see them in early December.

I also have the 24th off, so jmaynard and I can travel to southern Missouri before rather than on Thanksgiving.

I also finally found some good snap-on sunglasses (not the old flippy clip-on style) that are polarized and will actually be useful when travelling. I still need to gather up a few things for the MFF trip, but it's all stuff I can find locally without too much effort. Hopefully kinkyturtle will arrive at the hotel before I do - and hopefully he won't be waiting around for me for just too long.

Comments

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

Lemme know if'n you want to try to set up a meet-n-eat before the con.

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

I'd like that, if it can be worked out. My reply to kinkyturtle below shows my current travel plans such as they are.
If need be, I can adjust my sleep schedule to start and arrive even earlier, providing I have have a few days to make that adjustment.

Would you travel out to Schaumburg, or would we travel to your place, or try to meet up someplace else? I do hope that kinkyturtle would be along (and driving) if we travel any as I am not fond of in-city driving, to put it mildly. As you know, I like to have a navigator, at least, in unfamiliar places.

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

I'll be driving!

It'll be a rental car this time, but it should be drivable. :}

[kinkyturtle.livejournal.com]

I'm scheduled to arrive at ORD on Thursday, Nov. 18, at 10:18 am, and rent a car.

So who knows how long it'll take to get to the hotel. :}

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

I had planned to depart around 7 or 8 AM, though perhaps I should depart earlier (say, 6 AM). The estimated travel time is about 8 hours. So I'd arrive in the afternoon (2/3/4 PM). I'm thinking that earlier is better in order to avoid the anything-but-rush hour traffic, even if it will be going the opposite direction. I'll try to call the hotel when I'm getting close so you'll have a better idea of when I might arrive.

As you can see in the reply above yours, wendyzski has suggested dining together before things get truly started at the con. I don't know if that will work out, but I'd like to try for it.

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

Oops - forgot. Thursday is rehearsal nite, and we actually are playing a house concert on Saturday, so I have to go.

Somethign early in the day on Friday, prhaps?

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

Well, so much for Thursday then. I don't know about Friday - things get started on Friday and I still don't know what the actual schedule is (which is annoying). When I know about that - and KT's plans - maybe things can be arranged.

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

Finally having found a copy of the schedule, early Friday looks good. Things evidently won't start much before noon - though I do hope there is an early check-in or such set up (though maybe waiting till after the first crush would be better for me anyway).

What's a good place for breakfast? I don't know about kinkyturtle but I am capable of being ready quite early in the morning if need be.