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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>For some reason this bounced to the list manager, so I'm forwarding it in to the list.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Caelin</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Lisa Wolfe [mailto:hlarabella@gmail.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 12/4/2007 12:38 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Barony of Elfsea<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Elfsea] road trippers from the snowy north<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Arabella here: I can answer a few of the questions for you.....see below<BR><BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><BR>1. What will the weather be like, and how wet?</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT color=#000099>chilly bring a winter coat, this is texas you never know what the weather will be like, it might rain, you by a slim chance see some ice after Christmas, but in my 45 years I've never had a white christmas... there have been many white and frozen January's though. </FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><SPAN id=""></SPAN><BR>2. Given that we'll likely be down there during<BR>the week between Christmas and New Year's, how bad <BR>or indifferent will the traffic be? </BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT color=#000099>this is Dallas Ft Worth - rush hour traffic is from 6:30 am till 9:30 am and from 3:00pm until 7:00 pm - no matter where you want to go always add 45 minutes to 1 hour or more if you travel across city lines. If you stay inside the same city it's more like 20 - 30 minutes </FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><SPAN id=""></SPAN>Are there major<BR>commuter tides to worry about on the highways during<BR>rush hour, whenever that may be, or is the area like <BR>LA where all highways are equally horrid in all<BR>directions?</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT color=#000099>consider yourself in LA I guess...</FONT> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><SPAN id=""></SPAN><BR>3. Given that we might be there over New Year's and<BR>considering that neither of us are fans of amateur <BR>drinking night, how bad is New Year's eve locally in<BR>terms of successfully avoiding noise and drunk<BR>drivers? (We were thinking, actually, of doing New<BR>Year's eve at that rumored amusement park...)</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT color=#000099>Holiday in the Park at Six Flags is a fun place. Both Art museums in Dallas and Fort Worth are great. Go to </FONT><A href="http://www.dart.org/"><FONT color=#000099>www.dart.org</FONT></A> <FONT color=#000099>for Dallas Area Rapid Transit then on the left side select </FONT><A href="http://www.dart.org/about/riderinsider/specialevents.asp"><FONT color=#000099>Rider Insider Calendar</FONT></A><FONT color=#000099> and it will give you links to alot of area holiday happenings.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000099>I'm sure there will be many SCA parties on New Years Eve for you to attend. I'll bet if you make it known you want to visit with some folks a party will materialize. The SCA is like that, you know how it is.... we are always looking for a reason to have some fun. </FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><SPAN id=""></SPAN><BR>4. Is it worth packing SCA clothes and making the<BR>event on the 5th in Athens? There appears to not be <BR>any sort of event schedule on the website except<BR>for the rather strange notice that table decorators<BR>get in at 9 am and the hoi polloi get in at 10 AM...<BR>(do people really show up that early in Ansteorra<BR>to events??? we bed slugs of the world are DOOMED!!!) <BR>So does anyone know what is planned for folks to do<BR>at your jointly-held 12th night?</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT color=#000099>Yes please pack your SCA clothes. 12 night is very much a tradition in these parts. It is usually an event where every one wears their finiest garb, very high personna. It is an event when we actually get to visit with each other, communicate, instead of competing against each other, since there is usually no fighting at this event. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000099>The feast is being done by one of the best period chefs in the area. Sir Gunthar is very modest about it, he definately doesn't like to toot his own horn, so I will. He is terrific... I will always go where he and his crew are cooking. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000099>It will be interesting to see 2 baronial courts happening at the same time. It doesn't happen often in our kingdom, court will be interesting. Dueling Heralds often makes for really great court "SCHITCK". Their Majesties and Highnesses are not slated to attend, but that doesn't mean that there will be a short court. </FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><SPAN id=""></SPAN><BR>5. Please don't laugh - we really are woefully<BR>ignorant about things in your part of the world. <BR>The fishing addict wants to know if there is any<BR>fishing to speak of in December and/or January?<BR>(I suspect the folks who work at the place where<BR>12th Night is being held might know... ;-)</BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT color=#000099>I'll let someone else answer the big fish strories</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000099>Looking forward to meeting you</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000099>Arabella</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>