As I had written last week, I did indeed to to SolarFest – despite having pneumonia. Propped up by 40mg of prednisone a day, 1,000mg of clarithromycin daily, and a whole lot of Musinex-D, Jordan, Laura and I packed up my CR-V and headed to Vermont.
SolarFest was…amazing. I went to some great workshops (Catherine, there was one on food preservation you would have loved), met some lovely people, and enjoyed my time tromping around a horse farm in 95 degree weather. Laura and I volunteered at the “Kids’ Korner” (the name did make me gag a little) where Laura showed off her amazing skills dealing with little munchkins, while I taught the slightly older girls how to make friendship bracelets.
I learned so much, and had such an amazing time, I can’t wait to go back next year. Next year, however, I will NOT be letting Jordan talk me into leaving my solar shower at home, because by the end of that trip, we smelled as ripe as the composting toilets. In the car on the way home we were just about gagging on our own stank, I don’t think I have ever been so dirty in my life! And I’ve been camping in the Florida Everglades, and still…not that dirty. When I got back into town, the first thing I did was take a nice, long, cold shower – I think three pounds of salty sediment went down the drain, it was so lovely, I really have more appreciation for showering now than I did before.
Saturday night there was a bonfire, complete with crazy bongo drum dancing, clouds of suspicious smoke, and lots of handsiness from everyone. Other friends of mine who we had met up with in VT were dancing around the fire, and it was totally crazy. I’ll have to get photos off my camera at some point, though I’m sure some of them will be highly incriminating…