Setup Day

Today started way too early. Was at the loading docks at 9:00am to help unload the trailer and truck. Everyone who made the road trip in my SUV said they loved the ride, no problems. Just a lot of gas. We had to wait until the fork lift people bring in the Hoth set crates, but we got them all in. Started the Hoth set setup shortly after 11:00am, worked until about 6:00pm with an hour lunch break at McDonalds. The Mountain States group rocked, working all day non-stop, while other groups and individuals stood around or setting up their droid and leaving. We did get a lot of help from Russ Hoffman and a couple others. Everyone wanted to work on the set. The other Hoth set at the other end of the narrow room was put up in a couple hours and looked very flimsy, but we'll see how it holds up.

Other sets: Degobah (a photo backdrop with Dad's navy box painted silver and Guy Vardaman's "muddy" droid), the Rebel transport (a six person working transport straight from the movies built by Cole Horton and Darren Murrer), an area of plexiglass command center (computers as scene in Hoth), two Hoth sets (Cal's and the flimsy one), and a couple more wall-sized photo banners.

After setting up everything, we (Mountain States R2) headed towards the Ale House for the Mt. Garrison dinner. It was very lively, very Floridian, very noisy, very slow service, but very good food (even if the waitress took away my dinner while I was chatting with a friend). She suggested the seafood quesadillas as a replacement. I thought she was going to comp it, but she didn't, so a big chunk of my food budget went towards dinner. Only good thing was I have quesadillas for lunch tomorrow...

Until next time,
Jawa Jaka
(hanging out in the room after a long laborious day, AL does look great though!)