I have pictures but everyone elses look so good. Don't think mine will be necessary.

Love seeing the pictures.

I am now trying to get caught up and getting stuff ready to send to JD and L'lee.

not sure where the dirty clothes or the bills came from :)

Hope to see more of you all next year. It was a great time. Even my husband was not to grumpy, tho the picture Rand took doesn't say that, and he enjoyed his nap up in the room where the videos were. :)

Granny hugsss

Thanks! :)

Nonie and I made it safely home. No airport or flight delays. Arrived home @ 12:30 PM. Beth met us at the airport (thanks Beth).

We got up and packed this morning, then stopped by Cyan with some donuts for the crew. Then we drove around some of the local mountains, Green Bluff and Mt. Spokane. Then it was off to the airport. All of our luggage made it fine, as did all of our signed items.

This was a really tremendous experience and I am sad that it is over. I am also sad that not everyone that wanted to make it to MYSTerium was able to make it. I hope that the posting here and other places has helped ease your pain.

I will go through my pictures tomorrow and post what I think might be interesting.

Shorah

Speaking of cones, I just ordered the key chain cones for Cyan, that I promised Rand I'd send! I let RAWA know that they were coming, too, just in case! I'm glad that they were a big hit with the Mysterium crowd. Who would have guessed 100 would not have been enough!!

Well, back to work....

Getting ready to head back home this morning. We tried a day trip to Montana yesterday. Not even enough time to really get over there, but we had fun. Found an interesting rock formation and have posted a picture for your viewing pleasure.

The hotel is very empty, and their are no big groups yacking it up in the lobby. :( This has been a very exciting and interesting adventure. I am glad that MYSTerium happened to land at Spokane at this particular juncture. This are going to get really exciting in the very near future.

It was great to see all of you that were able to make it. I think we are a fine bunch and I am glad to be part of this group of people.

We leave about 11:30 to head to the airport and arrive in Orlando at 11:30 tonight, a whole "day" of flying, oh boy.

I will post again when we make it safely home.

Shorah

I also want to throw in a big thanks to Roland who, besides picking us up from the airport on Thursday, was the wheel man of our prize winning team in the Photo Scavenger Hunt! Team Surface Quest rocks!

As I sit here unpacking and trying to sort through various things we brought home with us from Mysterium, besides going over lots of memories also brought home, I am getting a little bit sad, but not too sad, since I know we'll "see" most of them in cavern, and if all goes well, will see many again next year!

Devon still has to sort through the zillions of photos he took at Mysterium and decide which ones to post, but stay tuned, over the next few days he'll get them up here!

Meanwhile, it's been a long day (a long weekend with very little sleep, for that matter) so I think I'll call it a night! As I think of more things that happened at Mysterium, I'll post them over the next few days.

Goodnight and Shorah!

Actually got some breakfast, this morning, Adnil & Memiki were arriving at 6:45 to pickup Wolfie and I. The depression, that was going to be the theme of the day, started when I walked into the breakfast room at the hotel. Just a few people, not the mass of Mysterium folks that had brought the room alive the past few days. I got something to eat, but didn't feel quite as hungry as I thought. Got checked out and waited out front of the hotel for Adnil & Memiki. Supergram was there too and we said goodbye, as her cab pulled up.

The flight was uneventful, (Yay!), and I'm now back at Havoc Resort...

Adnil & Roland need many thanks for trucking us around over the weekend. I'm not sure what we would have done without their help and generosity.

The staff at the Ramada were great and I hope everyone filled out the questionnaire letting the company know this. From the front desk, to Ken, who assisted us in the breakfast room, they put up with our crazyness and helped make our stay a great one.

Thanks, too, to Ran and Scraper, for their hard work in getting this all putt together. I know that there were others, many thanks to all.

I plan on posting more photos as I get to them, as do others, so don't stop checking the Blog, just quite yet!

Here's to hoping everyone who has the slightest desire to attend the next Mysterium has the opportunity. See one and all in 2007!

Shorah

I made it home safely, although not without problems. I see the trend developing for Mysterium. It is the second year in the row, that there are some delays on the way home. Although not as severe as it was traveling from Chicago, nevertheless, I was late 2 hours getting to home airport.

I just want to say thanks to Adnil who drove us at such an early hour to the airport :hug: and Memi to accompany her, although she didn't have to.

Now, I'll have to sort through thousands of pictures taken during Mysterium and post some interesting ones.

To all whom I got in contact at Mysterium: "Thanks for coming, it was a great experience to get to know the real face instead of virtual avvie. To those who couldn't make it this year, I hope you'll be able to come next one. Start saving right now :) Thanks for reading our blog.....

.... to be continued....

Ak is already in the air on way to Arizona. Next is Rex and Wolfie who are sitting patiently at the airport for their flights.

It was sad to see them go. We are next. have to pack yet and go get goodies to eat on the train home. We will arrive about 5:00 am on Wed and then I can post more pictures.

granny hugsss

Shorah

Adnil/Linda is doing a great job as a shuttle service.

We have dropped off Deven, Devonette and Ayli so far, picked them up at 4:30 am. It was sad to see them go, it was great to see them again.

well time to wake everyone up here.

Well time to hit the bed, we have to get up at 3:30 am to start the airport runs again.
Granny hugss

Saxy says:
Met a lot of great friends here in Spokane...hard to leave them so soon, and I only wish the rest of the MYST community could be here too.

Jade says:
I wore black today on purpose; I am in mourning because it is time to leave.

Ruby says:
Had a great time, sad to leave.

Kristen says:
"Had a blast, I got to kiss Rand" see you all next year.

Lehsa says:
"I had a great time, I am extremely exhausted but it was worth every minute."

Moiety Jean says:
"No one brought the Donuts...The FOOLS!!!!!!"

Brian Fioca says:
"Where's Phil??????"

Vid says:
"I must go now, my planet needs me."

Eleri says:
:So long and thanks for all the fish"

Daedalus says:
"See you all in the cavern, we will meet next in D'ni"

Marten says:
"This is my first Mysterium and I am amazed at how positive and upbeat it is."
Green Tea Rocks

Face says:
"I had a wonderfull time seeing everyone again and Spokane is amazing?"

Looks like those are the only chatterboxes I can round up at moment, take care all.

Roland

INCREDIBLE!!!

Now I have a much better understanding why these games are so wonderful. Wow, what nice people. Rand is a very warm and gracious person. If you brougth it he would sign it, want a picture with him standing on his head.. sure, bare his soul.. sure, reveal some new information or secrects about the game.. never. I brought my journey cloth and Nonie taped it up at the entrance of the Cyan building. I asked Rand, "Would you please come out front for a picture?" "Sure, let's go." Then he stood there as the hungry masses filled hundreds of megabytes of digital memory with images of Rand starting a new journey.

Others have posted about the events, so I just write about my impressions. I was suprised by the total lack of formality. These people seem to function more like a family than a business. I'm sure they can get down to business when necessary, but there is mutual respect and understanding that you can almost feel.

It was obvious that we (they) are not out of the woods yet, but we get to take the next step. Several people mentioned that a strong increase in the number of people signing up for GameTap under the URU Live site is VERY important. So if you think you might EVER sign up for GameTap... now is the time.

I sat and talked with several other people, Mark DeForest, Tony, Ron Meiners, RAWA, and Grey Dragon, and they were all very interested in what we liked and wanted. And they were all very appreciative of us fans.

Presentations were MUCH better organized this year. Thanks Ran!!! The room was too small, but I hope that no matter where we go, or how much bigger we make the room, I hope it always too small.

I have to run off to breakfast, more later.

Shorah