I just got home from Ferretstock 2000, and I had a GREAT time! Alicia and Dino threw a great event, and it was so wonderful to see everyone and PARTICULARLY all of the wonderful ferrets! I think my favourite part of the whole event was probably the duck walk. Participants were given a wooden duck on wheels, with an attached stick that they pushed to roll the duck forward. Attached to the ducks' wheels were little leather/vinyl "webbed feet" which went around and around, and slapped the floor as the duck rolled forwards. The object was to see who could do the fastest job of getting his/her ferret to follow the duck from the start line to the finish line. Many ferrets seemed TOTALLY oblivious to the duck feet. Most of them were only moderately interested. Then there was this one little ferret (a girl, I think), who was just FASCINATED, and followed that duck as fast as her owner could push it. Needless to say, she won the race! There were also some other contests (I enjoyed watching the "tandem coupler walk", where the owner had to TRY to get two of his/her ferrets to walk in unison on a coupled leash. What a hoot!) The vendors were great.. I bought a BUNCH of beautiful towels with dancing ferret appliques on them, and some other things. And everyone was SOOOO nice ... particularly the people who took my soap class! ;-> (People made some really beautiful soaps, too .. I was impressed!) Thanks to Alicia and Dino and everyone else who made this great event possible. I look forward to attending again next year. (Next year, I plan to teach a lip balm making class, and maybe a soap class again as well! :->) - Ela (000)___(000) Ela Heyn / @ @ \ [log in to unmask] | | ======@====== http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5483 [Posted in FML issue 3171]