Anyway, I started a bit late because I still had some stuff to load into the car. Took a convoluted route up via Princeton to I-95, Southwest to Bristol, across to Willow Grove, and then South to Philadelphia, picking up 8 geocaches on the way to the hotel. The only bad move I made was getting onto the Schuylkill Expressway at rush hour. There was a bit of a delay at the City Line Avenue interchange, which ironically was the interchange I would've used for last year's Anthrocon venue.
Checked in at the hotel and then did the con registration. Neither of those took very long. The longest line was at the elevators. Funny, we were told the elevators would be better this year, but by the first evening, one was already broken. However, the elevator line turned out to be a good place to find people, as that was where I ran into
tjcoyote, kaysho and was1.After getting my luggage up to the hotel room, I went to the pre-con mixer at the top level of the hotel. Met and talked to
punktiger, tchall, and mejeep for a bit there. Then I went down to the lobby, and ran into cnipur and rynden, just before heading out to get dinner at the Wawa store two blocks South of the hotel.After dinner, I headed down to the lobby level, which by then had become a gigantic hangout place. Went around reading badges to see if there was anyone I knew, and met
husker_fox, tiggycat, balloonfox, and snow_kitty, among others. Also saw ripner in the elevator later.Mercer Lakeview Cache (New Jersey )
Central Mercer County Park in Mercerville.
Arizona Memories (New Jersey)
Kunkel Park in Pennington.
The Delightful Academic Challenge (Pennsylvania )
Next to a college in Newtown.
Dream of the Blue Dolphins (Pennsylvania)
Silver Lake County Park in Bristol.
Willow Grove Pointe Micro (Pennsylvania )
Willow Grove Pointe Mall in Willow Grove.
Everyone makes Biosolids (Pennsylvania)
Biosolids Giveaway Center in Philadelphia. It's been processed, so it's not as bad as poop.
Rittenhouse Town (Pennsylvania )
Rittenhouse Town Historic Area in Philadelphia.
ESP (Pennsylvania)
Outside the historic Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.