Well, Parade is over and I'm now home. The drive there and back was brutal, thanks to taking 6-7 hours to get from Seattle to Portland on the Thursday I left. Accidents galore. Just passign through Portland took about two hours.
Upon getting down there, the 80 mile or so backup from Encino to Palm Springs was horrendous. Never got out of second gear.
On the way back, I made great time till I hit about Eugene, Oregon. Where the backup all the way to Portland started, thanks to multiple accidents. One of them being a giant bro-truck lifted about 3 feet, big ballon tires, snagged up on the median fence. That was kinda funny to see...
Once I passed Portland and got into WA, it took about an hour and a half to go just 12 miles into WA...
Then I hit Olympia, WA. Where the backup all the way to Tacoma started.
Some of the worst traffic I'd ever seen. Seatle-Portland should be a 3 hour drive. If that....
Parade though? Was great. Mostly.
There were zero water provisions for Concourse prep. Griots provided prep-stations, but didn't provide many of the things that they were supposed to. Like multiple vacuum stations (there was just one, and it was only there briefly, and powered by a generator, since the venue didn't provide the elecricity they were supposed to. And Griots was horribly late on getting stations set up. Like...days late. Nor the low profile jacks, or jack stands they were going to. Just some liquids and sprays. Most of which didn't work like they normally do because the insane temperatures made everything flash off immediately. (y'know, don't use on hot surface, direct sunlight, etc?)
Much of my washing consisted of repeatedly filling a garden sprayer from the bathtub, then going back to the prep area, several blocks away.
Despite all this, and the 100+ degree heat (it was 107 the day I did my main prep)....
Casper managed to take second in class.
Not too shabby, for 1200 miles worth of bugs and no adequate washing facilities, and the first time I've entered a concours. Missed 1st by just 1/10th of a point. Paint chip, scratch on wheel, minor debris in seat cushions... because, y'know,
VACUUM STATION ISSUES. 
And glass surface streaking because of instant flashing of cleaners.
Then there were tours. We got bumped off of our first tour on Tuesday, Big Bear Lake. But I'm OK with that, because apparently, the caterer's didn't show up. And when they finally did arrive, AFTER the tours was complete they brought a sandwich in a bag.
Then some free time.
Then autocross. Which was probably to most difficult course I've ever driven. Lots of DNF's.
I wound up taking a time-lapse video of the course walk and reviewing it about 100 times.
And took second in class against a much more modified 911. I've got a strut brace, that's it.
Again, not too shabby for a car I haven't autocrossed since 2010.
Banquets were pretty good.
Met with GH85Carrera Glenn, and Slodave, who made the horrendous drive through traffic since we hadn't met since a NAMM show many years ago.
Overall though, it was a great week.
The laughable Concours prep area.
