Orientation Day: Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA
The day started at 5:00 AM in Long Beach so I could get to the airport and fly up to SF. I was picked up at 5:30, luggage in tow, and Ray sending me off. Arrived in SF about 3 hours after I left home. We headed over to the hotel to drop off stuff before heading to the Cow Palace. The first thing we did was get in line for the safety video. Nothing else could happen until we sat through the 20 min safety video. The entire registration process took nearly 5 hours, including the time it took to take the historic “30 Year AIDS Ribbon photo”.
The energy and excitement in the air was palpable and it was enough to get me to sign up for ALC 11. It also portended a great week a head.
Once registration was complete, a few of us headed out to get a carbo loaded dinner and hit the sack early. 4:30 AM came awfully early…