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Post by Stormrider on Feb 5, 2016 14:01:00 GMT -6
Last night I chatted with Sparrow on Facebook. We were reminiscing about some of our old meeting together. When we went camping in Georgia to a cave with waterways in it that was similar to the hideout of Gollum when Bilbo discovered the One Ring. Also when we went together to Indianapolis when the Lord of the Rings movie exhibit was there. Then we talked about the picnic when DA kept a hat and sunglasses on in all the pictures (grrr) and how Sparrow went overseas to meet the Belgium group. Also Marquette University in Milwaukee where Desi and I met Hilary and Zauber. Those were some good times.
Sparrow said she was going to be in Omaha Nebraska this year and was wondering if we could get together and perhaps DA could meet us, too, and she would try to drag Illadria with. But her trip is Aug. 11 - 14 and Desi and I and the family are taking our big camping vacation from Aug 4 - 14 out East to Ohio and Pennsylvania. There is the WORLD's largest amusement park out that way on its own island. So the timing just wasn't right. But it would be fun to get together again sometime and see each other.
*sigh*
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Post by fanuidhol on Feb 5, 2016 16:28:57 GMT -6
Omaha is about 300 miles away for me. I have no prior engagements, but, Mom lives with me so I'd have to make arrangements for my daughter to be available (or someone else). I'd love to see Sparrow again.
For that matter, I'd love to meet everybody in person sometime!
I bet it was fun to reminisce!
Fun remembering the lengths I went to, to disguise myself for the pictures.
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Post by Stormrider on Feb 6, 2016 0:20:11 GMT -6
Omaha is even further for me. Sparrow wanted to find some midway point for us all to meet. But since the dates didn't work for us, we just *sighed*.
Perhaps we could think of something some other time. Sparrow lives in Georgia and she already had plans for Omaha, which is out our way, more or less. Too bad Desi and I were heading east then. Majah is in Missoula, Montana and she might even have been able to have gone...not that I've spoken to her about a get together at all. I see her and Hilary and Soliel on Facebook, and Vanye and Camelliadanderfluff, too.
It would be great to see everyone. Is there any Tolkien event we might all consider attending sometime that is somewhere in between us all?
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Post by Andorinha on Feb 6, 2016 9:09:27 GMT -6
Wow, Sparrow! Brings back the olde dayes… Algamesh, Glorfindle, Iarwain, Zauber, Megan, Annie LT… We have been around a while...
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Post by Stormrider on Feb 6, 2016 9:59:01 GMT -6
Yeah...all our old group and friends. Those were the days...fresh from B&N and eager to discuss Tolkien for hours and hours! I was trying to search for some Tolkien events or conventions and I only saw things overseas. But I will keep an eye out and who knows, maybe something will come out smack dab in the middle of all of us! with enough time to plan a get-together.
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Post by fanuidhol on Feb 6, 2016 15:33:48 GMT -6
I have a couple of ideas.
Probably not for this year - DragoncCon.
Always in Atlanta, GA. First weekend in September.
We could have our own guide....Freddie!
Or a virtual Get-Together if we could convince some people play the game and create characters on Landy?
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Post by Stormrider on Feb 6, 2016 18:22:09 GMT -6
Dragoncon would be fun! I've never been to something like that. I wish we could get more friends to start playing LOTRO. That would be fun, too. We could all create characters that look like ourselves.
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Post by Stormrider on Jun 20, 2021 4:54:12 GMT -6
News from Sparrow from Facebook:
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Post by fanuidhol on Jun 20, 2021 10:56:43 GMT -6
That is a grand adventure!!! Envious!
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Post by Stormrider on Jun 20, 2021 12:47:46 GMT -6
I know, right? I'd like to just travel around to some exotic island myself. She had to quarantine in Hawaii for a couple of weeks before continuing on to the American Samoa. Sparrow has lots of spunk and adventure in her!
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