[Ansteorra] Going to 40th year?

[medicfem at aol.com]

 These are life saving ideas ... I do appreciate all of them. 
Opps sorry about the customs statement ... I work 2 days a week in Brownsville as a flight medic picking up sick kids in Mexico or really close to Mexico. The customs agents are all that give us greif when we cross the border.
Ok so what I need is one of those bags we carry the kitchen sink in on the plane. One of those seriously remarkable medical bags with the magical properties to take everything in them and still be appearing small.
 
Thanks,
 
Caley
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Zakes <moondrgn at earthlink.net>
To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc. <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 20:46:06 -0600
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Going to 40th year?


At 10:16 AM 12/29/2005, you wrote: 
>Greetings! 
> 
>Curious, is anyone from Ansteorra going to 40th year Anniversary of SCA in >Washington State? 
>My lord and I are planning to fly in. The date of the event is May 5 - 15, >2006. The site looks beautiful at the base of Mt. St. Helens. 
>Anybody have suggestions about flying and having enough camping gear for a >week? Right now they do not have a mail box location to send gear to like >at Pensic. Will a small dome tent and heater go through customs in your >checked in luggage without looking questionable? 
 
It's possible to do so, especially if there is more than one person travelling--we've flown to Pennsic with camping gear three times, for example. The trick is to find out what the airline's maximum size and weight limits are for luggage, and then pack to meet those limits. You may want to invest in a wooden army-surplus footlocker, or even build a box specifically for your SCA stuff (make sure the box has wheels, so you can move it more easily.) 
 
IIRC, we had the footlocker holding the tent and sleeping bags, a large ice chest with cooking gear inside it, my bag of fighting gear, and a large suitcase with clothes. *Don't* pack food with you, just plan a shopping trip once you get there. Definitely don't pack cans of propane--the airlines don't allow them. *Do* pack for all kinds of weather (recalling one Pennsic when it was 33 degrees one morning) and you can probably take your cloaks as carry-on items. 
 
  -Tivar Moondragon 
 
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