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12 years ago
Just got home about twelve hours ago. And after some grouchy time (I don’t really travel well) figured this con was worth a review (RF gets so many I don’t really feel the need to ever write one).
The Con: It was a cute little con I fore see it getting much larger. Took in 1 or 2 panels they were pretty good. Made and sold a head in the art auction; something I’d never done before that was real fun (gonna see about doing it for RF). Suited around for a bit and generally did the whole con thing. Wanted to go to one of the room parties that were being advertised but decided to try and sleep instead (oh yeah I’m a real party animal). In general a very nice relaxed con. Much better than FC but the bar was set pretty low to begin with.
Venue: The hotel was good; it’s remodeling at the moment but once that’s all squared away it’ll be great. The rooms were a very good size, larger than the rooms at RF and FC (well at least the rooms at one of FC’s hotel) larger bathrooms too. I found the hotel website to be misleading, they showed pictures of the remodeled rooms and not the current majority. They never said anything about the pool or the go-carts being out of season/fixed. But the con managed to force/beg them opened (and they say furries ruin everything). There were only a few shops open but like I said remodel. I also don’t think I counted 11 restaurants. The employees whether they be hotel or restaurant were very friendly and earned every tip they got.
Reno: Reno in spring is very different from Washington (pack lotion Washingtonians your skin will dry the f*ck out!) but very gorgeous if you take a drive out of town. I highly recommend anyone to take a day off from Reno/Con/Gambling to rent a car (not budget rental though) and drive up to Virginia city. The drive is amazing pull off on at, at least one look out to see the area you will not regret it (unless you fall off a cliff then you will). Virginia City is a lovely old west town it is a must see for any tourist. I recommend going to the Red Dog pub very nice bar/people and they have a cute rotty named ruby. Don’t take a tour up there they only give you about an hour to explore the town and it takes a lot more than that to do so. Seriously by the end we were too tired to ride the train and opted to get the rental back in one piece.
Highlights: Virginia city defiantly. The con was during the Kentucky derby. I’d never bet on horses before, thought it was pretty fun and after deducting what I bet I still came out 10$ ahead. My mother came to the con with me that in it of itself was a highlight. Oddly enough
and I had actually had a discussion about this at FC. My opinion was that family members probably shouldn’t be involved in fur cons. His idea was he wanted to get his mother and her friends on a bus and do a tour of a fur con. His reasoning being they’ve been around chances are they’ve seen stranger things. I’m not sure if my mother has seen stranger things than otter lube and a dragon doing a 69 with a wolf but she took it all in good stride. She wanted to commission a picture of Wolverine for my brother and was surprised to learn that quite a few fur artists have trouble drawing human. But we managed to find one 
was very nice she even let me use her ipad so I could find an appropriate reference pic of him. I also got a very nice 20’s badge by her aswell and will most certainly use her in the future. Also commissioned three certified badges from 
for the boys and myself she even gave me a free certified badge later. Our last night we went out to a place called the Chocolate Bar pretty much what you’d expect; fancy candy themed martinis, short food menu (but that’s not why people normally go anyway) and chocolate fondue! The food was great, I’d say best I had all trip. But the main reason one would go would be for the drinks and the dessert.
Best part though was getting home to a pack of excited cats, and going to daycare to pick up my hellhounds. Bishop, they were smart enough to give him to a larger guy to take out to me. Clovis… oh he damn near pulled that poor lady to the ground. Nothing beats the love of an animal after a weeks worth of slight neglect *snicker snicker*
The Con: It was a cute little con I fore see it getting much larger. Took in 1 or 2 panels they were pretty good. Made and sold a head in the art auction; something I’d never done before that was real fun (gonna see about doing it for RF). Suited around for a bit and generally did the whole con thing. Wanted to go to one of the room parties that were being advertised but decided to try and sleep instead (oh yeah I’m a real party animal). In general a very nice relaxed con. Much better than FC but the bar was set pretty low to begin with.
Venue: The hotel was good; it’s remodeling at the moment but once that’s all squared away it’ll be great. The rooms were a very good size, larger than the rooms at RF and FC (well at least the rooms at one of FC’s hotel) larger bathrooms too. I found the hotel website to be misleading, they showed pictures of the remodeled rooms and not the current majority. They never said anything about the pool or the go-carts being out of season/fixed. But the con managed to force/beg them opened (and they say furries ruin everything). There were only a few shops open but like I said remodel. I also don’t think I counted 11 restaurants. The employees whether they be hotel or restaurant were very friendly and earned every tip they got.
Reno: Reno in spring is very different from Washington (pack lotion Washingtonians your skin will dry the f*ck out!) but very gorgeous if you take a drive out of town. I highly recommend anyone to take a day off from Reno/Con/Gambling to rent a car (not budget rental though) and drive up to Virginia city. The drive is amazing pull off on at, at least one look out to see the area you will not regret it (unless you fall off a cliff then you will). Virginia City is a lovely old west town it is a must see for any tourist. I recommend going to the Red Dog pub very nice bar/people and they have a cute rotty named ruby. Don’t take a tour up there they only give you about an hour to explore the town and it takes a lot more than that to do so. Seriously by the end we were too tired to ride the train and opted to get the rental back in one piece.
Highlights: Virginia city defiantly. The con was during the Kentucky derby. I’d never bet on horses before, thought it was pretty fun and after deducting what I bet I still came out 10$ ahead. My mother came to the con with me that in it of itself was a highlight. Oddly enough
and I had actually had a discussion about this at FC. My opinion was that family members probably shouldn’t be involved in fur cons. His idea was he wanted to get his mother and her friends on a bus and do a tour of a fur con. His reasoning being they’ve been around chances are they’ve seen stranger things. I’m not sure if my mother has seen stranger things than otter lube and a dragon doing a 69 with a wolf but she took it all in good stride. She wanted to commission a picture of Wolverine for my brother and was surprised to learn that quite a few fur artists have trouble drawing human. But we managed to find one 
was very nice she even let me use her ipad so I could find an appropriate reference pic of him. I also got a very nice 20’s badge by her aswell and will most certainly use her in the future. Also commissioned three certified badges from 
for the boys and myself she even gave me a free certified badge later. Our last night we went out to a place called the Chocolate Bar pretty much what you’d expect; fancy candy themed martinis, short food menu (but that’s not why people normally go anyway) and chocolate fondue! The food was great, I’d say best I had all trip. But the main reason one would go would be for the drinks and the dessert.Best part though was getting home to a pack of excited cats, and going to daycare to pick up my hellhounds. Bishop, they were smart enough to give him to a larger guy to take out to me. Clovis… oh he damn near pulled that poor lady to the ground. Nothing beats the love of an animal after a weeks worth of slight neglect *snicker snicker*
Badinage
~badinage
Glad you had fun at the con Molly! I wish I could go to more furcons, but just not enough time from work :(
M_V_Hybrid
~mvhybrid
OP
It was pretty cheap too, travel and a six day hotel stay was only $300
