Yes, exactly. Unfortunately either there's no one to go with, or no time to do it. My galpals and I are going to have to get up there at some point.
Well...hopefully problem one will be solved before next winter...
Gave myself a couple extra hours sleep and came in to work late. I'm sure there'll be an after-action thread or two where we'll all post our stories and pictures so I'll just summarize here. Don't have our pics yet - they're on the camera and Big'ol is swamped at work today.
*yawn*
Got to wear my rrrrrrred dress with nails and shoes to match. Got to meet lots of 'famous' freepers - screen names you see all the time for years and years. There were lots of new people, too, and many folks who came because of the radio advertisements that aired in the DC area.
There were a few members of the Iraqi exile group there and they spoke about how grateful they are now that they can return to their country and help rebuild it now that Saddam is gone. Two of them are even running for office in the upcoming elections! There were a couple of authors in attendance - Richard Poe who wrote "Hillary's Secret War" and Jerry Corsi who co-authored "Unfit for Command."
Sauropod put together a *great* video presentation on Freepers, Freeperdom, and a retrospective of the last four years. It really highlighted 'our' accomplishments. (D.C. Chapter, really) Everyone was laughing and cheering and toasting. T'was excellent.
Gov. Huckabee rocked out. The band is great and they played awesome tunes once again. Hope they enjoyed us as much as we enjoyed them.
To top it all off we had a quiet visit later in the evening by a certain kick-butt Mr. C. Norris of Texas... he was even wearing a Texas Rangers lapel pin. Vey cool.
The whole evening was a salute to our armed forces. Big'ol wore his dress uniform and got his ear talked off by old artillerymen. (Joke: What's an artilleryman's favorite word? A: WHAT?) We ran into other Army folks and reaffirmed what a very small world it is in the service - we all had common acquaintences, it seemed.
It was a very different event than last time. It was a little classier this time. 2000 was an exercise in releasing raw emotion - celebration that Clinton was gone, and releif the Bush/Gore election tension was finally resolved. The time there was a series of solemn toasts to our servicemen and leaders. There were small awards to Freepers who made a difference. It was all very, very well done!
It was a GREAT party!