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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Dallas Trip (Board Game Geek)

This is Steven Petrick reporting.

SVC and I made it to Dallas for Board Game Geek.

The drive was a pleasant one, although we had a running concern about tire pressure. The vehicle has a warning light that comes on if the tire pressure is not right. The problem is (we went back to the rental agency and asked) once it comes on, it stays on until it is reset. And there is no easy way to reset it. (Just inflating the tires has no effect on resetting it.) We did definitely have one tire that was low (passenger side front) to start with, but we inflated all the tires to be sure. We then checked the tires with a tire guage at every stop. If the right front has a leak, it is a very slow one, and we will keep an eye on it.

Other than that, the drive was easy until we got to Dallas. Our instructions put us on 114 East. An odd road that repeatedly changes character, going all the way from a four lane dual divided down to a two-lane normal street with traffic going both ways. It does this several times over the distance we drove it in Dallas. Probably a lot easier for the Dallas Denziens to drive than it is for us Amarillo guys who had never seen it before. The last two or three miles to the turn off to take us to our destination were interesting from the standpoint that we were still moving at a good clip, while the west bound traffic was at a complete standstill. We may have passed an accident site or construction site without noticing it in our concentration to avoid being hit by the drivers in our own lanes of traffic, but I doubt it (sure we would have seen the flashing lights of police or construction).

In any case, we got here safe and sound, coordinated with Vickie of Board Game Geek to get our booth area established, and got a good night's sleep. So on with the show!