hankb
I am here to serve you.
Just one small nit ...
I agree WRT the restaurants. I particularly appreciated a decent bowl of oatmeal at Perkins but it became too long a walk once the north gates were locked.
They actually were early in the rally. (I arrived on site the prior Sunday to set up Chartered Club Camping.) The main gate by the State Patrol building remained locked until Wednesday, I believe. this necessitated walking around the north end of the fence to get to anything else on site. Then late at night (10:00 PM?) the gate at the south end of the fence was locked as well, cutting us off from the showers (unless you could squeeze through the locked gate) until after 6:00 AM. I'm really happy that was sorted before most of the attendees got there.waklking...
On the other hand, the gates were never locked down and there were a good variety of restaurants in town that were worthy. ...
I agree WRT the restaurants. I particularly appreciated a decent bowl of oatmeal at Perkins but it became too long a walk once the north gates were locked.