update:
Austin/Vibeclipse: 3-10
California 10-17
My NYC Bingo market was really fun (and my affinity for marketable scavenger hunts remains high) so I'm back for another round:
I've suddenly decided to go to Vibeclipse - April 5-8 near Austin, TX
I'm still confirming travel to Southern California, but it would be somewhere around 9-15th ish.
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Open for responses! Add suggestions of things I should do/see, or things you think I may encounter during my trip - you'll get trader bonuses every time someone bets on your options. If you prefer, comment with a suggestion and I'll add it for you.
Relevant bits:
I'll fly into Austin a day or two before the event - it will be my first time there.
The event is ~90 minutes west of Austin.
Vibeclipse has shared sleeping cabins. I'm liable to get a hotel or other (non-airbnb) accommodation on either side of the event.
I expect at least a day or two in Austin - possibly more if I don't head to California afterward - so options related to the city are welcome.
I'm traveling solo, but have a couple of friends who will likely be at VC (they will not resolve the "old friend" option).
I plan to rent a car for all or part of the trip.
I'm not much of a "top things to do in..." type, and keen for some more irreverent suggestions for the city/cities I visit.
feel free to add things that can happen without my intention/intervention like "witness a breakup" or "encounter a protest"
I know it's Texas but: I'll NA any really meaty options because that's an easy No resolution. I'm not strictly Veg but I'm not going to go for Texas BBQ.
I'll take photos for posterity when I can.
I'd like to resolve lots of Yes answers! I'll bet on this market in the direction I think is most likely and won't change my bet at a late stage. I will adjust bets as time goes on, though, to reflect what seems realistic.
I'll resolve n/a at my discretion but count on it for junk or spam answers including really easy Yeses (yes, I plan to wake up each day) or really easy Nos (no, I won't heckle anyone at Rogan's comedy club) or absurd/impossible ones (no, I'm not going to go to McGregor and force my way onto the launch pad for a selfie). just play nice and add real things, okay? 🧡
If you want to take some inspiration from past travel bingo markets:
/shankypanky/nyc-bingo-what-will-i-experienceenc
/Joshua/bay-area-bingo-what-will-i-experien
/Conflux/san-diego-bingo-what-will-i-doexper
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3.00through some mysticism the 70% chance of thunderstorms and really heavy cloud cover in the morning cleared about 30min before first contact and we had pretty incredible views all the way through the totality (then the weather got bad/cloudy/rainy). so I'll resolve this No because I actually got to see a lot and I'm still swooning over it tbh. 🧡
there are a ton of photos out there I know, but I want to shout out to one of my favourite twitter accounts Andrew McCarthy, who always posts some great photos (and captions) of what's going on up there 🌌
IFS came up a surprising amount (ht @Joroth you called it) but no one actually shared about their parts despite seemingly most of Vibeclipse attendees having done IFS 😅 - resolving this No
50 minutes before departure. currently in the security queue with an extra 3.5lb of shit because if it were still nearly tucked into my checked bag I'd be $100 lighter. what an absurd timeline tbh
coming in live from 15F
good one 🧡
I'm disturbingly close to getting a second (and third) VC bingo 🚀
nice rec @CommanderZander what should I eat? (@Lion will be happy to know they have a menu item literally called "Good Soup")
@shankypanky It might be just a small cup of tomato soup, but it comes with an endless portion of soup love 🧡
[Or just order two...]
