@Fred McDermott posted:It was good to get back to the show after two years and see friends and familiar faces. The absence of some of the big guns as respects manufacturers and vendors was disappointing. I have a pretty bad hip so in addition the lack of shuttle buses limited my access to some of the halls and there were few places excluding the concessions to sit down.
Unlike previous years I could not find a list of participating vendors on the website and I’m hoping this was not done with the intention of withholding info that might be detrimental to attendance.
I wouldn't attribute any nefarious motive to the lack of a vendor list - some of the decisions were made at the last minute, and the registration folks were really busy scrambling to make table arrangements for the folks who needed them. All of the ED volunteers did a tremendous job under trying circumstances. I personally thanked Diana Hood, and I hope that others did the same.
The amount of volunteer effort that goes into making York enjoyable is tremendous, and the ED folks deserve our appreciation.
I liked the wider aisles - made it much easier to move around and spend time looking at the items.
