Day 1 of trip

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

 
We are in Eureka Springs Arkansas! Today is Sunday and the show with my queens is tonight. We flew in yesterday since we knew it would be a hike.

All has been really good so far. Flight was easy, and then it was a one hour drive in a rental car. There were twists and turns in the road, and we were high up and there was very little shoulder on the road. It was a wee bit scary but Doris handled it like a champ.

It's Pride weekend here and all I can say is that the town is adorable. LGBTQI+ people everywhere (though....mostly white I guess since we're in Arkansas, and this place isn't easy to get to. Probably expensive too, given the surrounding areas). It's scenic with tall hills (mountains?) and stunning rock walls.

Our hotel is right in the downtown. The downtown is much like Savannah or Madison - lots of cute shops, Pride flags everywhere, very walkable. The hotel is OMG so old-fashioned, like something you would've seen decades ago. Creaky wooden floors, antique touches, an AC window unit. Lots of "character" and such a change after the cookie-cutter hotels I usually stay in. (Also, given the landscape, the floor is slightly tilted! We are not in the flat midwest). But it's nice. And quiet too. Found a restaurant that had 2 vegan items on the menu; dinner there was good and we sat on the balcony outside. And we found a cafe where the owner (? or manager?) said they open at 10am today and will gladly make us vegan burritos or a vegan scramble. 

The show tonight is Lydia, Kori and Suzie. Yesterday there was a show with "just" Lydia. We didn't plan to go since we knew there was no guarantee we'd get in on time. But we made it, so on spur of the moment we decided to walk there and ask if there were tickets left. There were not. Oh well. More rest time, which I can't complain of. Pretty excited for tonight - AND they just announced a new Lydia/Kori/Suzie show in October in Atlanta. Yes, I am going. (Maybe i should invite my sister - she is about 2 hours from Atlanta).

And unlike the show in New York - where it took 45 minutes to go 2.5 miles from the hotel to the venue -  the venue is literally a 5 minute walk from our hotel!

My fandom bestie lives in the Middle East and her city is being bombed. I am here for this fun weekend, while she has to deal with this. I am so sad at this world.