A/T War 2013 Rumours.

[jamesq]

There's a rumour going around that Avacal/Tir Tigh War will be held in Salmon Arm next year. I hope it's true since I avoided it last year due to distance and potentially awful weather. The weather I can't do anything about, aside from making a last-minute go/no-go decision. I also had some major complaints about the site itself (tl;dr version: unresponsive site owners and ankle-deep buffalo shit), so another Clearwater site might not have tipped the balance, but a Salmon Arm site might.

Travel Times:

• Vancouver-Clearwater: 5:40
  
• Vancouver-Salmon Arm: 5:28
  
• Edmonton-Clearwater: 7:53
  
• Edmonton-Salmon Arm: 9:26
  
• Calgary-Clearwater: 9:02
  
• Calgary-Salmon Arm: 6:25

Vancouver's time improvement is a wash - they save twelve minutes on a five+ hour trip. Edmonton comes off a little worse, basically an additional hour and a half. Calgary is the big winner, we get a 2 and half hour savings! It also sucks for Prince George, which doesn't have many "nearby" events. and at six hours to Clearwater, this was a "close" event for them.

I find that the six or seven hour point is where one jumps from long, but doable to must devote entire day to travel. Below that level and one can still go to the site after quitting work for the day, rather than having to take the day off. By that rational, Borealis' loss is not as significant as Montengarde's gain: We're crossing that threshold, but they're not.

Of course the real problem is simple geography - the distances between Lionsgate and Avacal is huge and the mountain passes dictate that either Borealis gets screwed or Montengarde does. Still, I'll be glad if the rumours are true and it isn't us. Hopefully a much larger Montengarde contingent will show that we're worth making the effort for.

Aside: The Salmon Arm fairgrounds are a ten minute stagger from the nearest hotel!

In other news, I'm not going to be making it to November Coronet this year. As much as I'd like to see assorted worthies get their special moments, I simply don't have the time, money or spoons.

Comments

[minyata.livejournal.com]

I can confirm the rumour. The event steward is Einar is he has already book the Fair Grounds in Salmon Arm. He posted it on his FB a while back..(can't search for the actual post right at the moment).

Even though the travel is going to be a BITCH now from Borealis, I am really happy someones finally moved the site as well. And closer to Calgary is good. I fond Borealians travel regardless of distance whereas Montengarders are way more apt to travel to closer events.

[manyra.livejournal.com]

I've already made out the cheque for the deposit.