Lisa on Apr 7th 2007
There are some things about waiting in line for the egg roll tickets that the official website doesn’t tell you. Here are some helpful hints for those of you making the venture next year:
- Bring eyemasks to sleep in. The bright lights of the Ellipse don’t ever turn off, keeping it perpetually 3:00 in the afternoon inside your tent.
- Remember that no matter what you tell yourself, you aren’t really camping. The sounds of nature that typically glorify a camping trip are replaced here with the sirens and noises of the city.
- A candle is not a suitable source of warmth. Neither is five layers of sweatshirts and long underwear against three hours of sleet and a summer tent.
- If you’re really cold, walk to the pavilion and stick your face under the warm electric hand dryer. By the time you’re willing to stoop to that, you won’t care about people walking into the bathroom and staring.
My favorite quote of the night is from Kim, after watching the park rangers slowly make their way down the line: “Why are they going so slow? Don’t they realize that I have a bladder?”
The wait in the cold has proven semi-fruitful so far: we have our vouchers! Quick staff updates: Kent and Dustin are comparing their arm lengths and discussing the merits and drawbacks of having freakishly long limbs, Dave is dreamily talking about showering, Sara is curled into a ball in her sleeping bag, Charlene is wondering why people choose to ever sleep outdoors voluntarily, and Kim is recreating scenes from the Blair Witch project.
Two hours until we get our tickets. Three years until I feel like I may be warm again.
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