Time to pack, say our farewells and move out. Today we say goodbye to our friends, and promise to try to make it back next year to KFest 2007. We shake each others hands, sometimes exchange an affectionate hug because it was great to see each other again in person. We are all friends in the Apple II community.
It’s also the time when some of us exchange “white elephants” which are prizes we may not want, things we hauled in but don’t necessarily want to take home or something you know a buddy wants. Tony Diaz was good to me this year and gave me a touchtone decoder for my AppleCat collection and a BitMouse card. James Littlejohn kindly gave me a 13/16 sector Bell and Howell drive controller. I think we all do this and it’s a lot of fun. I gave away a few controllers and a joystick I didn’t need anymore.
Finally, it was time to pack up. It wasn’t as hot as Tuesday was when we moved in. Andy Molloy was there to help me and I sure did appreciate his assistance loading my car.
I decided to follow some of the airport-bound folks out for lunch where we stopped at a Pizza Hut. There we prolonged the KFest experience just a little longer and I got to see some of the funniest Ken/Ryan/Jeri shenanigans that can only truly be appreciated in person. Those guys are wacky. And then it was time to say goodbye for the last time.
As I drove home, I reflected on the previous week and all that we had done together. I felt this was a pretty good KFest and I’m already looking forward to 2007. But for now, I just want to get home to my little girl, who will be 5 years old in a few months… because I know we’ll be like velcro as soon as I get home.
Special Thanks to: Carl Knoblock for taxi services, Howard Katz for prize patrol and to everyone who gave a session. Thank You for making this KFest so much fun. See you next year!