Morning Musings
7:30
First in line, Mike (twenty minutes prior), followed by Patrick and Adam at 4:45.
The past two hours have been quite uneventful, with a queue 11 persons long from just before 06:00 to 07:00 and shooting up to 16 around 07:30. The majority of us early birds, our movies and games of solitaire finished and our chapters of Harry Potter properly ingested, made the trek one-by-one to the Coffee Bean and Bagel place about 5 minutes from our lookout location. Lucky for us, there was a ‘loo’ in the same outparcel.
About 7:20, that mini cherry picker that they use to clean up the windows and the bead blasted aluminum showed up and carefully maneuvered its way to the employee entrance that Patrick pointed out is unusually close.
The normal “tough attitude” guard was out from the beginning (along with several rules about the waiting line) but softened as he chatted with us and Mike, a mall shopkeeper. He was, incidentally first in line, after a tip that they might be doing something that sounds oddly familiar to us as Lucky Bags.
Some handy rules I had never heard of:
• No chairs in the indoor queue.
• Once it’s daylight, no more extension cords or chaise lounges.
• I’m sure that goes for when we’re inside as well. (and the usual NO PHOTOGRAPHY rule)
The thing is, it’s daylight, and we’re still plugged in and keeping our charge. It’s generally a pleasant atmosphere, and there’s a light breeze. Overnight temperatures were slightly chilly for Californians but I’m sure there’s someone (or 5) in Idaho who’s laughing his ass of us.
Off to take pictures
First in line, Mike (twenty minutes prior), followed by Patrick and Adam at 4:45.
The past two hours have been quite uneventful, with a queue 11 persons long from just before 06:00 to 07:00 and shooting up to 16 around 07:30. The majority of us early birds, our movies and games of solitaire finished and our chapters of Harry Potter properly ingested, made the trek one-by-one to the Coffee Bean and Bagel place about 5 minutes from our lookout location. Lucky for us, there was a ‘loo’ in the same outparcel.
About 7:20, that mini cherry picker that they use to clean up the windows and the bead blasted aluminum showed up and carefully maneuvered its way to the employee entrance that Patrick pointed out is unusually close.
The normal “tough attitude” guard was out from the beginning (along with several rules about the waiting line) but softened as he chatted with us and Mike, a mall shopkeeper. He was, incidentally first in line, after a tip that they might be doing something that sounds oddly familiar to us as Lucky Bags.
Some handy rules I had never heard of:
• No chairs in the indoor queue.
• Once it’s daylight, no more extension cords or chaise lounges.
• I’m sure that goes for when we’re inside as well. (and the usual NO PHOTOGRAPHY rule)
The thing is, it’s daylight, and we’re still plugged in and keeping our charge. It’s generally a pleasant atmosphere, and there’s a light breeze. Overnight temperatures were slightly chilly for Californians but I’m sure there’s someone (or 5) in Idaho who’s laughing his ass of us.
Off to take pictures