On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Michael J. Feldhusen wrote:

> More information to be used for planning (I was sure I had posted this, but
> now can't find any copies of it, it may have gotten lost during a session
> of network hiccups we had earlier):
>
> The travel time from our place to King Richard's Faire is approximately 90
> minutes.
>
> The travel time from our place to the Higgins Armory is approximately 30 -
> 45 minutes.
>
> I hope this information is useful to those who are considering participating.

Okay... a near-complete draft of the schedule as I see it follows.  Review
it and see what you think.  Mike, you're my reality checker
here... don't hesitate to tell me I'm grossly underestimating travel
times or such.

Friday:

11:18 AM - Karen and I arrive at BOS airport, discounting delays

   (My stomach is going to call that 12:18.  The drive to National
    Fiber Technologies is about an hour.  Do we need to plan for lunch
    before the NFT tour?)

   Let's call it two hours to get out of the airport, get something to
   eat, and drive to NFT.  That'll put us there at... call it 1:30.

1:30 PM - National Fiber Tech tour.

   Karen says at least an hour and a half, 'cause she might half to
   talk business.  Drive home is what, another hour or more?
   That would be around 4:00.

   This is where it gets vague... what are our Friday night plans?
   The only people confirmed for Friday at this point are the
   Feldhusens, Karen and I.  (Steve Hammond has a work conflict that
   is going to delay him until Sunday events.)  I'm thinking that
   Friday is dinner, conversation, and maybe retiring to the
   Feldhusen's for some board and card games if anybody's interested.

   There's a bit of a gap between our arriving back in Marlborough and
   an appropriate dinner time.  I guess the four of us can hang around
   and talk, maybe play some short games until dinner time.  Folks
   could start showing up to hang out before dinner by, say, 5:00 to
   give us plenty of margin to get back from the NFT tour.  (I'm
   probably micro-managing this, but I don't want anybody left out if
   having a precise schedule would allow them to participate.)

5:00 PM - Gather at the Feldhusen's for pre-dinner casual time.

   This will allow those close by to arrive moderately early, but if
   we plan a late dinner we allow those who might have to drive a bit
   after work to reach us.

7:00 PM - Dinner and after-dinner casual time.

   After dinner, provided we don't sit around the restaurant and talk
   all night, we'd retire to the Feldhusens' for more chat and gaming.


Saturday

??:?? AM - Breakfast.

   If anybody's interested in having breakfast with us on Saturday,
   let's negotiate a time and place.

10:00 AM - Higgins Armory Museum, with lunch to follow.

   I believe we'd decided this'll take about two hours, so we'll catch
   lunch afterward.  Unless we're totally in the wrong area, this
   seems like a good time to catch a game shop.  (Mostly for Karen and
   I... everyone else is from the area and probably couldn't care
   less.)  We'll decide after lunch if we have enough time or if
   there's something else we'd rather do.

   The important thing here is that we need a target time we can say
   we'll definitely be back at Home Base for anyone arriving for
   Saturday Night activities.  To be consistent with the other days,
   I'm going to call this 4:00 unless someone else has a better idea.

4:00 PM - Convene at Feldhusen's for dinner and gaming

   Hmm... looks like a sparse crowd on Saturday night with the
   Feldhusens missing.  Ann Dupuis might be available to run a Fudge
   game here.  I could run one on this night if Ann doesn't, but the
   question is, will there be enough people here at this time to
   bother?  Our "confirmed" list has dwindled a bit.  I need to check
   on some of the "maybe's" now that we're less than a week away and I
   should be able to get yea's or nay's.  We'll firm up the activity
   when I have a better idea of who'll be there.  (Not everyone
   interested is reading this list... I'm going to send a copy of this
   out to them as well.)

Sunday

10:30 AM - King Richard's Faire

4:00 PM - Convene at Feldhusen's for dinner and gaming

   Pretty much the same deal as yesterday.

Monday

Karen and I leave at noon.

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