<br><div class="gmail_quote">things went well today, lets hope for as good a day tomorrow!!<br><br>there has been some confusion about the directions to the check - in spot. here they are again. maybe print them and bring them?<br>
<br>GETTING TO THE DEMO AREA:<br>
<br>from the main parking lot, go up the escalator/elevator. GET A MAP AT THE GATE. go with
the flow of the people. walk past the store & the carousel. go
under the stone arch bridge. when you come to a sign that says "water's
edge" with an arrow to the left, GO RIGHT. yes, go AGAINST the flow of
people. follow the path until you come to a large yurty-looking wooden
shelter. it is labeled 'national city pavilion" on the map but says
"PNC pavilion" on the building itself :) to the left of this building
you will see double doors that say "do not enter" or somesuch. ignore
this and go in, go through the shark tube and you will find the check
in area in the large room between the sharks and the polar bears. this
is the water's edge tunnel. YOU MUST CHECK IN TO RECEIVE YOUR FREE
PASSES. YOU MUST CHECK IN. please check in. please. <br>
<br><br>I AM SERIOUS about going right instead of left that the "water's edge" sign with the arrow. if you go the wrong way you will have to walk around the ENTIRE zoo before you find us. you do not want to do this on a hot day :) IF YOU SEE RHINOS or ELEPHANTS, you are going the wrong way... GET A MAP AT THE GATE. you want to be taking the shortcut towards kids kingdom. you are headed to what is called "national city Pavilion" on the map. to the left of this building
you will see double doors that say "do not enter" - GO IN, down the tunnel and look for the check in table. IF THE CHOIR IS SINGING, go past them quietly please :) <br><br>DROP OFF OF HEAVY ITEMS - CHANGES - PLEASE READ<br>
<br>there are fewer zoo employees at our disposal tomorrow. we will probably be hauling large a&s items with wagons up to a short cut, but drop off is the same at gate B2, across from the big plastic pavilion. we'll figure it out. we will have someone (sca) at that gate all morning to watch stuff and coordinate with zoo staff. heavy a&s items needing to come in that gate for hauling can come at the times mentioned before but they may get to the display area a little later than we want - it will work out. <br>
<br>the woman at the zoo would like to only do hauling of items that are heavy and need golf carts between 11:00 & 11:30. she looses the use of the carts soon after. FIGHTERS should note this and get there earlier. please. i'm sorry about this, but she just came up with this today :(<br>
<br>PLEASE TRY NOT TO BE LATE. we had a lot of straggling this morning (which i expected and personally did not care :) and while that's ok for an event (lord knows *I'M* guilty!) or demo when we are relying on ourselves, it makes this kind of demo that much harder. we want this woman to like us and invite us back *evil grin* <br>
<br>again, my cell number is 412-721-5028. put it in your phone now :)<br><br>see you tomorrow and thank you!<br><br>rufina<br>
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