[Artemisia] Getting to War

[Signy Gydadottir]

I don't believe this has ever been cross posted to this list, though I 
know it is making the rounds on the other local lists. Just in case some 
of you are not on any of those lists...Please contact me or Brynjolfr 
directly if you have questions...

Good greetings to one and all of the Southern Region of the Kingdom of 
Artemisia!

This is just a reminder of the availability of the use of a War Wagon 
for transporting your goods and gear to Estrella. As of now we only have 
11 people involved in this endeavor so there is still plenty of room to 
get on board and save yourself some money. On February 1st, I will be 
oredering the truck so Fighter Pratice in Gryphon's Lair on January 31st 
will be the cut off date.

Just to refresh your memory, members of  the Barony of Gryphon's Lair 
are renting a moving truck to transport our goods to War. We have opened 
this up to our neighbors to north and south so that we might drive the 
costs of renting the vehicle to the lowest amounts possible per party. 
We are attempting to keep the cost of ttransporting materials to War and 
back to around $100 or less. By doing this, people would then be able to 
carpool down to War in more economical vehicles and share expenses and 
save money overall. From our own recent trips in a less-than-econonoic
al truck, we've been able to average out the cost of getting to War and 
back to $400 just in fuel. With the number of breakdowns that we have in 
vehicles for our populace every year, this rental could also remedy that 
situation in that, if the truck breaks down, the truck company will send 
a new truck and a crew to move the load. So, save wear and tear on your 
own vehicles and save money in the
process.

On February 1st, we will figure out what sized truck we need and reserve 
that vehicle. On February 7th and 8th, we will load the truck and the 
truck will be leaving on the 8th. The truck will arrive on-site on 
February 12th as we have pre-regged and can get on-site at that time. If 
anyone needs their gear sooner, we can make arrangements to get the 
truck on-site earlier. We will be in Phoenix visiting family from the 
9th until the 12th so that would not be any inconvenience.

Half of the truck rental fee (approx $50) will be expected to reserve 
your spot and must be received by January 31st (contact information 
available upon request). The remainder will be due on the day that we 
load up. We will have exact prices once we know the number of people 
participating. As I have mentioned before, the more people we get, the 
cheaper that this will be. This is going to be the first time we have 
offered this service and hope that we might be able to make this 
available to everyone for future events. If we get enough interest, we 
might be able to use this for Uprising, Glory, Pennsic, Great West, and 
any other long distance events that we can get a group of people 
together for. We are hopeful that this could become the standard for 
getting as many people as we possibly can to events.

YIS,
Brynki
Lord Brynjolfr Alarrsson