SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #2924

[grizly@mindspring.com]

Stefan, you may publish this in the Florilegium if you like.

SURVIVING ESTRELLA WAR

1. Drink a lot of fluids.
Estrella War is held at Schnepf Farms, Cave Creek, AZ, in El Valle del Sol of 
the
Sonoran Desert.  Annual rainfall is 9 inches.  Late January to early February 
are usually
especially dry.  Humidity hovers around a sweltering 10%.
Drink a lot of fluids.

2. Come prepared for warm weather.  Daytime temperatures have been know to 
achieve
90 degrees F. or better.  Bring some warm weather garb.  Be wary of the sun.  
Bring
sunscreen and shade hats, and seek shelter from the noon day sun.  The 
Indians were
right, only mad dogs............
If possible bring a shade pavilion and utilize it.  Or sit with someone else 
under theirs.
Drink a lot of fluids.

3. Come prepared for cold weather.  Nighttime temperatures have been as low 
as 27
degrees F.  Bring cold weather garb and cloaks and blankets and hats and 
socks and
shoes.
Drink a lot of fluid.

4. Be aware that exertion in humidity this low dries one out rapidly.  
Drink a lot of fluids.  If gator-ade sounds good, you are probably dehydrated 
and need it. 
Drink a lot.  For this purpose, Beer is not a fluid.  Whiskey is not a fluid. 
 Cordial is not a
fluid.  Senkajabin and diluted lemon syrup are both good fluids.

5. Come prepared for rain.  It almost always rains at least one night at 
Estrella.  You may
even get to go surfing on an airbed, if you are lucky like me.
Drink a lot of fluids.

6. Keep in mind that in Arizona, the legal age for imbibing alcohol is 21.  
This is strictly
enforced.  Just ask the bare bear I found in a porta-potty last year.  He was 
20 and
sleeping it off in 25 degree weather with nothing on but a kilt around his 
waist.  He was
taken to jail in what he had on, and spent the weekend being called ‘Highland 
Boy’ by
his cell mates.  
Drink lots of fluids.  For this purpose, Beer is not a fluid.  Whiskey is not 
a fluid.  Cordial
is not a fluid.  Senkajabin and diluted lemon syrup are both good fluids.

7. Oh, yes, and Drink a lot of fluids!  A gallon a day of water or some fluid 
high in
electrolytes is not too much. 

8.  Drinking water is available on site, but if you have a discerning palate, 
you will want
to bring jugs and buy it from a water vendor at a convenience store on your 
way to the
site.  There is a convenience store, about 2 miles from the site, and a 
grocer about a mile
further.  Ice is also available onsite, but be prepared to pay for it.  There 
will be several
food vendors in merchant’s row, you can even get breakfast there, and I will 
probably
have coffee and War Cocoa available at my encampment, if ya wanna come over 
and say
Hi.
Drink lots of fluids.

9. Attend a lot of parties.  Wander around and meet a lot of people.  Go 
shopping.  Pound
on your best friends with sticks and debris.  Come to the Knowne World Cooks’ 
Party
and Pot-Luck.  Have fun.
Drink a lot of fluids.

10 Drink a lot of fluids.

Have fun, and drink a lot of fluids,

Mordonna The Cook
Atenveldt