One week from today is the official start of the Heartland Pagan Festival 2008.

Which means, of course, that I will be leaving for camp in only 6 days. Wow...it snuck up on me sort of fast this year! I will start carrying things up from the basement on Monday, pack the car on Tuesday, pack the coolers on Wednesday morning and load them in the car...then I'll be on my way to Camp Gaea bright and early, probably about 9:00 am.

I just hope that everything fits in the car.

Although I really enjoy the festival itself, I detest the whole process it takes to get there. I don't like having to drive an hour on the highways, then spending several hours setting up the campsite and the booth...and then there's the reverse process at the end as well. The camping itself I don't really mind all that much I guess...as long as the weather cooperates and it's warm enough most of the time. I don't even mind the rain, although thunderstorms in the middle of tornado alley can be quite scary when camping out at Gaea.

And this year will be a bit different since I won't be camping with the Lushede group or even with my own coven. Sheryl and I will setting up camp out behind our booth like the other merchants do. Hopefully we'll still be able to hear the nightly concerts in the pavillion from there. And having to cook every night will be a new experience as well. We usually live on sandwiches out there, but not this year. We'll just have to see how it goes...this year will be a big test of my camping skills I think.

Ciao.

Mood: tired just thinking about all of the upcoming work

To do: start packing the tubs of gear