Just a good old Dragon Con Saturday

Ah Saturday. In my own humble opinion, it's the busiest day of Dragon Con. Day passes, people in town for just football games and finding out "Hey there is this thing called Dragon Con!", it's a madhouse in a way, or Circus Maximus. I'm never certain which.

This morning was the parade. Now, if you've never seen a Dragon Con parade, it's not quite a normal parade. It's closer to a Disney parade with song and dance and bands and animatronics. One float had a three story tall rock man with moving arms and fingers and head. A blast of fire shrouded him. Not far away was the ... and really this only can be called ... the Legion of Ghostbusters. Right down to three - maybe four - Ecto mobiles!

It continued on for quite awhile. Stormtroopers, Browncoats, etc. LOTS of brass bands, bagpipers, you name it.

When all was done, the groups broke up and returned to the Marriott for photo shoots. I tracked down as many as I could, but there were SO MANY. I got what I could. Though the ones I got were fantastic!

Much later, after walking my feet off, I met up with Wookiee, changed into my really great State Alchemist costume, and we searched for lunch... and searched ... and searched! Finally, we went back to Fires of Brazil. No complaints from me!!

Post lunch, we walked around got some pictures made, I had one made of me, and just enjoyed the day despite the REALLY thick crowds. The heat did eventually get to me however, and I was forced to retreat to the room and rest.

That turned out to be a good idea. When I woke, I dressed back in my State Alchemist and headed down to the Science track. A panel on the Higgs-Boson to be exact. And what a panel it was!!!

It was great! The panel was packed to capacity. I'm really glad I got in. It was fascinating hearing and learning about it. I've never gone to the Science track in the past. Now that I've gone to one, really, not going was a major mistake over the years. Should've always tried to get into at least one. I will from now on. Even if I wound up getting asked by the staff to be the door guard! heh

All in all, it was a good day despite the heat overtaking me. I'll be more careful tomorrow. I don't want to miss the other Science tracks tomorrow!