Long day of travelling yesterday. Two planes, then four hours in a little tin can rental car through the desert. When i stepped out into the rental car parking lot, the attendant asked me if the heat was getting to me. "No..." I said, taking a deep breath of the clean desert air, "no, actually it feels really good!" He laughed and said, "Where are you from?" "North Carolina. We get heat like this, but with 100% humidity."

It is very strange to roll into this city alone and pod-less. I really miss Spacepod and desperately wish he were here. But I'm still very, very glad to be here.

It feels strange to be kind of stealthy in the hotel. Spacepod is my calling card... a lot of people know him, and would know I was here if they saw him. Last night I put one of my little All Pods business cards on my hotel room door. Guess I feel the need to announce my presence in some way. Kristine Barraco wrote to me and said, "Now you will have an appreciation of what it means to be a fly-in." Very true.

Last night in the parking lot I met Lisa Herr, owner of Dayz Bug, plus the other folks from Wisconson that joined her, the owners of a Snap Orange named Sunkist, Jean and Marshall. Also, the owners of a red 2002. (I didn't get their names-- but will try to later!)

Just now I peeked out my window and saw David Allen chatting with Jenni. Steph called and said they are about 3 1/2 to 4 hours out. The connection was really bad-- in fact i'm amazed they had a connection at all-- so we didn't get to have a very good conversation, but if that's true they'll be rolling in to town quite early.

Well... got a lot to do today. Better get on with it.

Posted by lisa @ 11:01 AM EST