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One Weekend, With Grandchildren
On Thursday, I complained on Cix about the problems of collecting ephemera, in that people think it is either priceless (and won't sell) or worthless (and put it in the trash). On Friday I checked Abebooks for the Chicon III Proceedings, and found there were two copies listed: one in Portland OR, and the other in south Knoxville. An hour later there was only one for sale...
We also finally fixed when Jessie was bringing her children up to visit; Marcia had cleared all sorts of time off for this and Worldcon before we left, but her work had changed their mind without telling her until after we got back from Montreal. Various plans were hatched and dispatched, and we wound up more-or-less back where we started: Jessie came up on Saturday afternoon, we fired up a BBQ for the evening meal, and then on Sunday we went over to Dollywood.
This, it turns out, is well worth a visit, and we'll probably get season passes next year. For the grown-ups, it was mostly a nice walk in the woods while the children rode rollercoasters and so on. Plus shopping. And a proper coal-fired steam railway to ride on later. And BBQ. And funnel cake...
And an early close due to a thunderstorm, which meant we left at a similar time to many others, and hit a cloudburst on the way...
We also finally fixed when Jessie was bringing her children up to visit; Marcia had cleared all sorts of time off for this and Worldcon before we left, but her work had changed their mind without telling her until after we got back from Montreal. Various plans were hatched and dispatched, and we wound up more-or-less back where we started: Jessie came up on Saturday afternoon, we fired up a BBQ for the evening meal, and then on Sunday we went over to Dollywood.
This, it turns out, is well worth a visit, and we'll probably get season passes next year. For the grown-ups, it was mostly a nice walk in the woods while the children rode rollercoasters and so on. Plus shopping. And a proper coal-fired steam railway to ride on later. And BBQ. And funnel cake...
And an early close due to a thunderstorm, which meant we left at a similar time to many others, and hit a cloudburst on the way...
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