Holy Cold Weather and Snow Batman!

As you know, I spent the weekend in Truckee for the Truckee Renaissance Faire. I was invited by the lovely Moxie to join Les Femmes D'Affaire (aka the O'Hotties) in playing for the weekend. Managed to escape work just after noon on Friday and hit the road.

The drive was uneventful - just the way I like them. Uneventful, that is, until Donner Pass. Wow, it's raining. Wait, that's not rain. That's SNOW! Holy crap. Drove through the snow storm and finally made Truckee. As we were setting up, the snow storm hit. Not sure how long it lasted, but we had fun. Nate, Mara, Moxie and I went out for some of the worst Mexican food I have ever had, but the margaritas had tequila so it was all good. That night was BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR cold. Lucy was kind enough to let me sleep in the pill. I was really glad to have that double-high air mattress. When I finally turned in, it was about 19 degrees (great for the cold eh?). So there I was with flannel sheets, two sleeping bags, comforter, two blankets and my playa coat...freezing my arse off.

Finally put one sleeping bag below me, zipped myself into the second one, stuck my sleeping bag covered feet into the bottom sleeping bag and piled all the other blankets on top of me. The playa fur coat was thrown on top with the hood over my face. Actually ended up toasty warm. The next morning I certainly didn't want to come out from my warm hiding place. I asked anyone who walked in if they wanted to go to the bathroom for me, but somehow was unable to find a taker. *sigh*

Saturday was gorgeous! Bright blue sky, lots of sunshine, tons of rum and single malt, men in kilts....what more does one need? Oh right, some nice kisses. Had some of those too. Hehehehhe. The funniest part was reading good poetry badly. Everyone took a turn reading Shakespeare in some horrible voice impression - Sean O'Connery, William Shatner, Cartman, etc. Too funny!

That night a whole crew of us went out to dinner. Due to slow service we missed Paige's initiation into the O'Hotties which was disappointing. Still had a nice time chatting with folks around the fire. Got convinced to break out the poi so did a little fire dancing. That was really nice as it's been a really long time since I've touched my poi regularly. People seemed to enjoy it so that was cool.

Managed to finagle space in a hotel room Saturday night with Shannon, Bill and Greg. So nice of them to take me in! I was toasty warm all night. Sunday was another gorgeous day. Got to see some old friends which is always a good thing. The day was completed by yet more good poetry read badly. Good stuff. We managed to tear down in an hour and a half which was awesome!

Made it home in a little over 3 hours. That includes a quick gas and food stop. Yes, I was flying. Just wanted to be home. Slept like a log in my own bed which was wonderful.

All in all, a fabulous weekend! I didn't take any photos, but others did. As soon as I get some they'll be posted. If anyone is interested in heading to Casa, I'll be working there this weekend.

Oh, and for those keeping track...No, I did not call Tahoe Boy back.

This faire moment was brought to you by the letter S for snow and the number 1.