[Elfsea] road trippers from the snowy north

[Kristi Johnson]

I don't have answers to all your questions but here is
what I have experienced.

Weather.  No real telling but it should be milder than
anything North of here.  It could be 80 degrees and
sunny or it could be 4 below and snow and ice.  We
really don't know until the 5day forcasts come out.
Preparing to dress in layers is the best idea.  I have
lived here almost 20 years and winter still seems to
throw me curveballs every year.

Traffic in Dallas will be nasty. It doesn't matter the
hour, the weather or the construction or wrecks,
Dallas traffic is just yucky.  Not usually bumper to
bumper but just fast cars and exits in places that
don't always make sence.  Fort Worth is not as bad
except around the Malls. Those exits will back up.

I have no experience with New Years out.  I stay in
with family every year.

I am not as sure as to the event on the 5th in Athens
(I haven't read up on it) but the event in Glen Rose
on the 15th (Dragon's Fire Tor Yule Revel)is a good
reason to pack some SCA clothes.  

I have known people to rise early for events in
Ansteorra.  At camping events I attended the standard
armor inspection time was 8 AM(SCA time).

I have no knowlege of the fishing prospects in winter
here other than to say the lakes don't go anywhere for
the holidays.  As far as I know if you can take the
cold, you are free to drop in a line as long as you
have a license.  Whether or not you will catch
anything I will leave up to an angler.

For road tripping around the area I would suggest
picking up a copy of either the "Roads of Texas Altas"
or the "Delorme Texas Atlas and Gazetteer".

All in all the positives of Texas outweight the
negatives.  After all I have hung around almost 20
years.

Hope you have a fantastic trip.

Thora Olafsdottir


--- "Dr. C. M. Helm-Clark Ph.D."
<cat at rocks4brains.com> wrote:

> Good my hopefully future neighbors:

---clippy clippy----------------------

> So on that note, I have some more questions to
> pester 
> you good folks you with, por favor...
> 
> 1. What will the weather be like, and how wet?
> 2. Given that we'll likely be down there during
> the week between Christmas and New Year's, how bad
> or indifferent will the traffic be? Are there major
> commuter tides to worry about on the highways during
> rush hour, whenever that may be, or is the area like
> LA where all highways are equally horrid in all 
> directions?
> 3. Given that we might be there over New Year's and
> considering that neither of us are fans of amateur
> drinking night, how bad is New Year's eve locally in
> terms of successfully avoiding noise and drunk 
> drivers? (We were thinking, actually, of doing New
> Year's eve at that rumored amusement park...)
> 4. Is it worth packing SCA clothes and making the
> event on the 5th in Athens? There appears to not be
> any sort of event schedule on the website except 
> for the rather strange notice that table decorators 
> get in at 9 am and the hoi polloi get in at 10 AM...
> (do people really show up that early in Ansteorra 
> to events??? we bed slugs of the world are
> DOOMED!!!)
> So does anyone know what is planned for folks to do 
> at your jointly-held 12th night?
> 5.  Please don't laugh - we really are woefully 
> ignorant about things in your part of the world.
> The fishing addict wants to know if there is any 
> fishing to speak of in December and/or January?
> (I suspect the folks who work at the place where
> 12th Night is being held might know...  ;-)
> 
> We are trying to figure out logistics of road
> tripping down your way and we don't not have any 
> nailed-down plans yet - so any input folks have 
> will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> ttfn,
> Therasia (and El Hermoso Dormiendo)
> cat at rocks4brains dot com
> 
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