Boy, I was looking but apparently not hard enough for some of you. I did meet some great guys and gals and talked to many I hadn't seen in some time.

It seemed to me that other than those flying in for competition, east of Idaho sure wasn't very well represented. I don't know if it is a sign of the times, or an unwillingness to travel. I sure have flown east of the Mississippi quite a few times for education. I was happy to see so many from Washington and Oregon however.

The marketplace was about half what I expected.

I appreciate the lectures and the anatomy lab as usual. Thanks to the presenters. The nice thing about the small crowd is the availability of the presenters for questions. Everyone I approached for questions or further discussion was very amicable.

It was good to meet you Shane, and nice to finally meet Jack Evers. I wish I could have spent more time at the convention.

I had a great time at the Convention as well! I took in most of the goings on on Thursday, missed most of Friday due to taking care of some personal issues, and enjoyed some of the hands on demonstrations/clinics on Saturday.

I also got to meet some of my heroes/role models/friends as well, Jack Miller, Jim Keith, Roy Bloom, Dusty Franklin,Danvers Child, Chris and Cody Gregory, Lee Green, Grey Mapson to name a few. I met some friends from the forums here as well.....Justin and Jack. Lots of hands to shake! I missed Shane and Baron and others that attended, I kept a pretty low profile.....especially after I missed ONE question too many to finish up my Certified Farrier goal.

I was somewhat let down at the amount of vendors at the Marketplace. I expected much more, but was still pleased with what was offered. The local weather was good, and the venue was great! It was a bonus that it was featured in my back yard.

Have a great week guys!

reillyshoe wrote:Good to meet you too, Pat. Same for a few others -- Trevor, Tom T. and a number of other folks.