Another year of RF has passed. I got pretty lucky in coming as my work accidentally scheduled me off this weekend, and on my trip next week. After working an additional 3 days (turning my week into an 8 day long week), I managed to get my China trip off along with RF. It's been quite an eventful con if I do say so myself.



We arrived Thursday evening at the same time as our final roommates  nisu and  mistershentiger. We began settling into the room, including setting up stuff for their child. The baby was fussing a bit. He was awful tired after the long trip. Room drama occurred, which put a huge and unnecessary strain on  grael-dragon. The baby fell asleep promptly and stayed asleep until the next morning. I left the room in order to take a break from the strain in the room. I ran into  fuzz-wolf and we spent a couple of hours chatting away, and catching up. I returned from the socializing to Nisu and Eiwaz sleeping. They woke up and we spent a good chunk of the rest of the nice exchanging and laughing at stories with  FalenAnjel.



We celebrated Fursuit Friday to the max. We started the day with breakfast at the hotel restaurant. The food was decent. I found the sausage a little too heavily seasoned. The eggs were actually quite good for the first few bites (That's impressive since I normally hate eggs on their own). Grael got my toast since he wanted something light. We ran to Walmart afterwards. Everyone needed something from Walmart. Unfortunately, I forgot to buy a pack of Nutter Butters! After Walmart, we went to dress up for Temperance's photoshoot. Going to the photoshoot was interesting on my front...I thought that other viking wolf was Eiwaz. So here I am, shoving into pictures with him. And then...we stepped into the elevator and I realized that wasn't Eiwaz, shoooot. The photo shoot was delayed because one person was a bit late. Lucky Temperance was giving out free brushings! After the mass Komic Krazi photoshoot, a bunch of us decided to do our own photoshoot with  Drekian's camera. We then decided to finish up with the photobooth. Afterwards, Grael and I returned to our room to get out of suit. Eiwaz hadn't returned yet as he was still at the photoshoot. We headed to the Dealer's Den after so I could do some shopping. Ok, I splurged a lot more than I should've. Soaps and vinyl decals are what got my money. I was invited by:icon Zaelgolin: to go to the Inflatables Meet and Greet. I went to the Meet and Greet while Grael took a nap. I was so nervous about going to the meet and greet. I stuck my head slowly in, looked around and fortunately heard an excited "Caina!" from Zael. He introduced me to  takumori. The meet was then started. I got impatient partway through waiting for things to get inflated so I headed back to the room. I ran into Nisu on the way back who insisted we hang out in the lobby. We chat for a bit until Eiwaz comes back and we decide to check out the Meet again. We return just in time to see Takumori in his inflatable quad suit frolicking around and all the adorable blow up toys. A great end to that panel! We return to the room, Grael comes back and we decide to go to Claim Jumper for dinner. Dinner was delicious, service was top notch. We come back to the hotel and head of to "Sensual Scalies". Gonna have to be blunt here. This panel was more than I expected and not in a good way. Looking at Porn with a bunch of strangers just ain't my cup of tea. I was fortunate I was short. Lucky, we left as soon as we could. I mean, I would rather a meet and greet or something more than staring at dragon or croc dick. I mean, how about discussing what makes this art piece so awesome, other than the giant cock waving in the wind. Mind you, there were a few pieces where the artist got up and told us about the art piece and what went into it. THAT was interesting.



Saturday's breakfast was Denny's with Grael, Fuzz and his friend. I was hungry enough to eat a good chunk of my meal. It was good. The fursuit parade was right after. It was a long route and the picture taking was...hot. We ran back to our room after and took our suits off as quickly as we can. Thank god for AC! I don't remember much from Saturday, just that we relaxed for awhile. We tried to go to the dance competition a bit late since we had some things to do. We were denied entry as they were well over capacity. At last, we went to the Dealers Den and started unloading our Canadian contraband of Kinder Eggs and Coffee Crisps. I talked to Professor Whoviantart for awhile. It turns out his comic is going very well and that he has found an artist for it. We went to Drekian's Tranformation panel. A discussion panel, I'm up for that! It's WAY better than looking at picture of dick (and the occasional vagina) with a group of people. We chatted with everyone after a bit. After the panel, we went back to our room. We didn't want to go far for food. So, we ordered pizza and wings for me. Nisu and Eiwaz gave me their phones so I could watch the dance competition. The dances were amazing. Some better than others. Overall, I liked it. We went to Drekian's room and chatted for a bit. Then it was bed time.



Last day of Con. I went to the vinyl decal panel. It was interesting and I feel so very bad for the person that did the one that's on my back window. Still, I got free decals! Grael was in the process of moving our things over the the Clarion for the night. We suited for a bit after the panel with Drekien, Alleria and Ja'Nathun. Grael and I headed to fursuit games after we went through the Dealers Den. I sat and watched until I got hungry. Unfortunately, the burger bar was closed at this time. So, I went to the gift store and looked around at what I wanted. Chex Mix and I looked down at the sweet section. Nutter Butters, I've always wanted to try those...I buy a pack and head back to the games. I nibble on the Chex mix and eat a Nutter Butter. My god those cookies hit the spot perfectly. They were GOOD! After fursuit games, we decided to get lunch...which turned into dinner. Getting Wallin out of bed was near impossible! While waiting for our table at the Old Spaghetti Factory, we decided to check out PetCo. They sadly didn't have much that appealed to me but it was fun to look around and realize what a good deal I get on these products. Wallin was busy staring at ferrets despite my preaching on why you should not get a ferret. Crazy high mark up! Dinner itself was delicious. Pasta is always good. We return to the hotel and play Ultimate Werewolf for the rest of the night. Finally we check out the dance and say our goodbyes.



We headed back to Canada on Monday. I was quite insistent on getting some Nutter Butters before crossing the border. Fortunately, we got them and I passed out until just at the border. Apparently, I was sleeping to the point I was snoring. I was woken up and told the border guard that the only thing I had bought really was Nutter Butter cookies! One weird look later, we crossed and headed to Radium Hot Springs. We stopped at a very homey motel. It was beautiful and relaxing. We sought out dinner at a cheap BBQ place and I got myself a steak and soup. I could've cooked a better steak but the rest was good. Service was amazing. We went to the hot spring and relaxed the night away. The perfect vacation after the vacation. The bed was so comfortable at the motel...I didn't want to get out. Breakfast was served by the hotel manager (I'm guessing). Almost everything was home made, at least what I ate. I had 1 croissant (it said was was fresh made), and decided to try her maple baked French Toast. I'm not particularly fond of French toast (How do i survive breakfast?!). but this one was EPICALLY delicious! It was so good, I had to get seconds, and get Grael to try a chunk of mine (actually only a small bite).


Summary Notes:

-Great con, Greater people
-Would've like to do more around Seattle, but never got the time
-Soaps and decals are amazing
-Americans can't get Kinder eggs (except apparently around Easter)
-American Coca Cola is kinda gross
-Nutter Butters are a really, absolutely delicious cookie (aka nuggets of LOVE) that anyone who likes peanut butter needs to try.
-I need more Nutter Butters as Grael (and myself) keeps dipping into the (not so well hidden) stash and the stash is about to be unguarded for nearly 3 weeks.