Wow, so once again it has been ages since I wrote. But here's the update, for anyone who cares:
First of all, I flew back to SF from Sydney on July 31st, where I was warmly greeted by my dear friend Eli, who also put me up for the night. I ate a delicious burrito and fell asleep, waking up to see Fjord quickly and go to a friend's party up the street.
The next day it was time to go to Vancouver, BC, where I was headed for Queeruption. My flight went fine, I got across the border w/ no worries, and I thought, "my goodness. What a pleasant surprise that everything is going so swimmingly well!" And so of course it was about this time that I discovered that my luggage, alas, had been left behind in San Francisco, effectively derailing my well-laid plan for the remainder of the day. Blah.
Luckily, I had written down the contact number for Vancouver accomodation seekers, despite not thinking I would need it, and the lovely folks (Billy and Leann) totally hooked me up to stay at Leann's house for the night, which was actually a lot of fun anyways so I guess it's okay. After a long and frustrating phone conversation with some guy at the airline, I finally managed to have my stuff delivered at about 1am, and was happily able to set out bright and early (ummm, about 11:45- I was jetlagged!) the next morning for the land.
I hadn't counted on it being such an epic journey to get to the q10 land, but it was about 4 hours from the time I left Leann's house until I finally reached the end of the ferry ride (which was beautiful) and spotted my lovely fellow queeruptors waiting to shuttle us to the place it was being held.
When I finally walked up the entrance to the land, the first thing I saw- well, heard, actually- was Durward, shrieking my name like a little girl. We ran like in the movies, embracing in a fabulous swinging hug that made it basically the best welcome EVER. I spent the rest of the afternoon tracking down all my other long-lost friends who I hadn't seen in ages, and just adjusting to the whole idea of being back at queeruption after a long break.
Anyway, the week was really great- the whole event was super well organized, the land was really beautiful, and I got to meet a lot of really awesome new folx that I have since had fun hanging out with back in their home turfs of Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland, respectively. More on my ensuing adventures in the next installment....
Anyway, the week was really great- the whole event was super well organized, the land was really beautiful, and I got to meet a lot of really awesome new folx that I have since had fun hanging out with back in their home turfs of Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland, respectively. More on my ensuing adventures in the next installment....
