Lunch/Disc Golf/Indoor Skydiving, Thursday Pre-Workshop

[Bing Wu]

Hey Everyone...

There was discussion here of going disc golfing and/or indoor skydiving on Thursday (Jan 14), the day before the workshop starts.

It's difficult to plan a whole lot in advance, since there's uncertainty as to who is coming, who can drive, and who wants to do what.

I propose that we all meet up at the Caesar's Palace food court no later than 12:00 noon, and decide what to do from there. If we want, we can grab a quick lunch there (there are a couple of vegan options), figure out where everyone wants to go, and arrange rides.

Caesar's Palace is basically across the street from the Flamingo. But this is Vegas, and the street is really a mammoth road. Go inside the entrance to Caesar's and either find a map inside or ask for directions to the food court.

I will show up at about 11:00-11:30am, and will try to bring a printout of Steve's book cover so as to be recognizable.

Here are the activities discussed so far:

DISC GOLF
The weather looks to be as warm as 60 degrees (15-16 Celsius) some days, so disc golf might be a go. I've been told this activity could take a couple of hours.

SKYDIVING
Las Vegas Indoor Sky Diving
From what I can tell, this activity takes about one hour once we're at the facility. They have a $10 coupon on their website, and I've heard you can get in cheaper after 5pm.

Comments/suggestions are welcome

[zineast]

The indoor skydiving looks way cool! I'm definitely interested in trying that.

[Savage]

If you bring a Vegas local (with Nevada ID) with you and do the indoor skydiving after 5pm, it's half price for everyone in the group.

Otherwise, just ask for the "Internet discount" and you get 10% off.

[Bing Wu]

If you have trouble finding us, my phone number is:

613-608-8090 (that is a North American number, country code 1)

Please make an effort first to find us though

[mattyblu]

For what it's worth, I will not be around Thursday, but I would love to go indoor skydiving the next week.

[Bing Wu]

Depending on how things work out Thursday, indoor skydiving for me may have to wait for next week too. But given that there are quite a few people sticking around afterwards, you should have companions one way or another

[ehillis]

Hey Alex, sorry for the late response here, but I'll be there tomorrow at noon.

[Joachim]

I'll be at Cesars before noon. I'm also going to get breakfast and buy some supplies at Wholefoods tomorrow morning. I think I'll be there somewhat around 9-10am.

[spadesmaster]

Hey Rachel and Alex, so good to see some familiar names and wonderful to know you will be at CGW#2 as well! I didn't connect pre-workshop last time and flew to Sydney right after the workshop and have not had much time to follow up, connect on the forums, and otherwise apply what I learned. So, I guess, I'm here to repeat it in hopes that I can do better the second time around...

I will be at Cesar's for both noon and 6:30 meetings and am up for anything. If skydiving is cheaper after 5, we should probably do that later, eh?

My cell is 303.931.1615 if anyone wants to reach me for a bite to eat or conversation as I am here in Vegas now.

Chris

[mikeschu]

Looking at the forecast for today it's going to be quite windy (15-25mph) so disc golf may not be the best of ideas.

I'm looking to seeing a few people today at the lunch meetup.

[spadesmaster]

Got some things I need to wrap up today and, after calling Alex, sounded like the consensus was to wait on skydiving until the cheaper evening rate and its too windy for golf, so I will hook up with everyone at 6:30 at Cesar's. If you guys figure out something fun to do beforehand, text or call me at 303.931.1615.

Thanks!
Chris

[KtotheB]

Sorry I missed the afternoon meetup but I'll see you guys tonite. ~