| Joan and I finally took a long desired vacation to Niagara Falls and Atlantic City with a side to
Philadelphia. While at the Falls, we went down to the lookout at Cave of the Winds and rode the Maid of
the Mist boat at the foot of the falls. That was on the Canadian side. They are really draconic coming back
to the States. Joan went over first while I was in dialysis, and since she hadn't bought anything to declare
they searched her cab. We went into their butterfly house and it was better than ours is. In Philadelphia,
we went to the Betsy Ross house, Liberty Hall, the Liberty Bell, and the house of Congress. She wanted
to do New York City, but I vetoed it due to her hip problem. All in all, we went to 5 separate Casinos and
I played about an hour in each one. I won $500.00.
I understand from Tim, we had a full gate list at Folsom. It is so much nicer when that happens. We can do
our marches and camp things and everyone is happy.We had 32 on the gate list at Grass Valley and only 8
showed up. We had a great spot under the trees and had the Irish on one side and Taggart on the other. We
had a great day and the weather was fine. Taggert even cleared expenses. We owe Taggart a great vote of
thanks for all of the engraving he did. We all have flasks with our names on them.
We are almost done for the year. We have our St, Andrews party and an officer's meeting yet to go. The
party this year is at Danita's. We need your input as to how to save the Clan. The last 2 gigs before
Folsom only had 8 people at each site. We should have gone home!! If you are not coming to a Clan
function, don't sign up. Try explaining to a Faire Board where your people are!!! We hope to see you all at
Danita's this year.
Be well,
Ken Weipert |
