We arrive at Megacon at the Orange County Convention Center, ready to adapt to what ever might happen. As we pull up to the entrance, the time machine is greeted with oohs and aahhs.
As expected, there’s no room on the floor for the DeLorean, but we join Claudia Wells, (‘Jennifer Parker’ in BTTF) who is such a smiling, welcoming soul! We join her celebrity autographing table and the fund raising begins. The people-watching begins too! We saw our first female 'Doc and Marty!' They were both so fun and made a great team! Our DeLorean is remembered and missed by fans, but the poster is received very well, Oli and Claudia signing, with me in the middle making sure everyone is happy.
During the day, we have the good luck to bump into a wonderful friend who offers to garage the DeLorean for us, and trade vehicles for the weekend! He has a nice luxury garage, and a Lotus Elise that Oli and I really, really, really, like! So our storage and transportation issues are solved, with the added bonus of having our second choice (next best thing to a DeLorean Time Machine) to drive around in! This alone makes the long trip worthwhile!
After the show we have dinner with a creative artistic friend Nate Pratt, and our day ends with great conversation and a good nights sleep. We thank friend and fellow DeLorean owner, Dan and the ‘Dr. Who’ Table for their generous offer of a spare room.
Saturday starts with an early trip to Walmart and then on to the convention center. It’s a mad house, and parking is almost impossible. Finally we are directed to a spot and we make a dash for the hall. Which is packed with attendees in full costume. A war call rings out from the crowd as the doors are open. It’s a crowded busy day. I take a minute to say good morning to Lea Thompson, ‘Lorraine’ in BTTF, and wish her a good show. She says she’s been seeing (and autographing) many of Oli’s anniversary posters.
Back at the Claudia’s table we are swamped. A good steady crowd thru the day. We are visited by friends, Michael, Daniel, Nate and Leonard. How cool to be able to see them all. The show is over and it’s off to dinner with Claudia, Lea, Lea’s sister Coleen and our friends from the Celebration Exotic Car Festival. We talk about the event coming up quickly in April and how much we look forward to it.
It was a pleasure to sit and relax and chat with friends after such a full day, and it was particularly a new thrill to spend time with Lea. She is fun and the dinner conversation was like old friends sharing a meal. Who could imagine that life would have brought us here to enjoy such pleasant company?
Sunday March 14, 2010
Slept until 8am, what a treat. Back to Megacon! An easier day, fewer folks, but that just means we could have more time with them! One fellow donated for a poster, and then, seeing one last dollar remaining in his wallet. He said, “Here, get this to Michael.”
Sometimes there are no words to properly convey the kindness we’re privileged to witness.
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