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SMOFs in Scottsdale
Oct. 27th, 2017 08:46 pmThis afternoon, I flew from Reno to Phoenix to attend a Worldcon 76 division heads planning meeting in Scottsdale. The location was a compromise to make it somewhat easier for our DHs from farther east to attend the meeting. Had we met in Las Vegas, Lisa and I would probably have driven, but Lisa opted not to come to Phoenix so I flew. This actually was the first time I've flown from RNO since I moved to Fernley. (Which is ironic given that one of the criteria for looking for a place to live in Northern Nevada was that it needed to be convenient to an airport.) Because it's a short flight, I drove to Reno rather than having Lisa shuttle me back and forth. Long term parking is only $10/day, and you can walk from the parking lot to the terminal easily, assuming you can find a parking space at all, which was a little challenging.
Check-in for my Southwest Airlines flight (direct; the return requires a change at Las Vegas) was simple enough, but the University of Reno-Nevada mens baseball team was at Terrorization ahead of me, which gummed up the works. It took about 45 minutes to get through. Glad I got there early.
The flight itself was mostly full but otherwise uneventful, which is good. As I was getting ready to get off the flight at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, I got out my tote bag, which is a World Fantasy Convention 2009 San Jose bag, and the woman sitting next to me looked at it and said, "How was Worldcon?"
"You know about Worldcon?" I said (ignoring for the moment that this was actually a WFC tote).
Turned out she and the man with her (boyfriend/husband, I never found out) did, although they've never attended one. They go to Anime Expo regularly. I told them about Worldcon being in San Jose next year. Turns out they live in Reno, but did not live there in 2011 when the Worldcon was there. I referred them to the web site and I hope we'll see them at Worldcon next year.
Mike Willmoth has been collecting people from the airport today, and I was one of the last pickups. After dropping my bags in the hotel room (I'm sharing a room with David Clark), a group of us gathered in the hotel lobby and walked to one of the many restaurants located near the Hilton Garden Inn.
( SMOFS in the Sun )
Tomorrow is our one big day of Worldcon planning meetings, because many of us (including me) have to leave relatively early for our flights home.
Check-in for my Southwest Airlines flight (direct; the return requires a change at Las Vegas) was simple enough, but the University of Reno-Nevada mens baseball team was at Terrorization ahead of me, which gummed up the works. It took about 45 minutes to get through. Glad I got there early.
The flight itself was mostly full but otherwise uneventful, which is good. As I was getting ready to get off the flight at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, I got out my tote bag, which is a World Fantasy Convention 2009 San Jose bag, and the woman sitting next to me looked at it and said, "How was Worldcon?"
"You know about Worldcon?" I said (ignoring for the moment that this was actually a WFC tote).
Turned out she and the man with her (boyfriend/husband, I never found out) did, although they've never attended one. They go to Anime Expo regularly. I told them about Worldcon being in San Jose next year. Turns out they live in Reno, but did not live there in 2011 when the Worldcon was there. I referred them to the web site and I hope we'll see them at Worldcon next year.
Mike Willmoth has been collecting people from the airport today, and I was one of the last pickups. After dropping my bags in the hotel room (I'm sharing a room with David Clark), a group of us gathered in the hotel lobby and walked to one of the many restaurants located near the Hilton Garden Inn.
( SMOFS in the Sun )
Tomorrow is our one big day of Worldcon planning meetings, because many of us (including me) have to leave relatively early for our flights home.
