You got to go to Tinley??? How did it compare to Daytona?
I didn't think I liked BPs so much, but now that they come in stripe...
Nanci, a megaload of BPs. Like every third dealers was loaded to the cliche with them. Being in the North, it makes some sense that there were not a lot of large growing reptiles being offered. They have to contend with cold/freezes. brown/black-outs on the power grid, etc.-
Sizewise, it was about 5X the size of one of those Orlando ReptiCon shows, or 1/2 the size of Daytona. Very little in the way of "junk animals". 98% high end goodies.
Regional personalities: The dealers were mostly (98%) nice, cordial, friendly, would answer 34215 questions, no pressure to make sales, I didn't hear anyone harking "poor mouth, I need to make a sale" while I was there, it was a somewhat different variety of dealers then Daytona. Also, spectators/buyers tend to get more dressed up for a shopping outing there. There were the usual exceptions of course, but overall, it was a great show.
The lighting in the convention centre was SUPERB! Best/ most well lit show I've seen thusfar. Not the usual pink or gray or blue or green wavelength elCheapo lighting as I've seen elsewhere; the animals and people all looked vibrant.
The kid petting the geckos- I told his mom I'd email her the pics if she liked, then I told her I'd give her my email addy and she could contact me if she'd like them. She stood there stark still & super uptight, speechless. I even tried American Sign Language to no avail. Guess she assumed I wanted to spam her and harvest her personal information. Maybe she'd had a bad experience before. I made the same offer to a few other people, but I guess folks there in the North don't have Delete buttons on their email programs. That was the only negative, but then it's presumptious of me to even say so, yet I am. Southerners dont give a flying monkey's rat about that. Geography, locality and temperature have affects on persons.
Terri had some awesome corns, I forgot to take any pictures after she put a solid gold nearly patternless adult golddust mot in my hands, with black picotee stripes on the belly scales, my knees went weak and I needed the smelling salts and fresh incontinencewear. It was a great show. dp
Its a snake!
