Here we go.

So I'm supposed to be catching up on work right now, but I'm obviously not going to be able to concentrate properly until I get some of this down. This is likely to be a long, rambling, and possibly overwrought post, so I'm going to put this behind a cut tag to not be too much in your face about it:

( So. Okay. This is going to be hard to explain. Here goes. )

Edited to add:  I spent a lot more time experiencing than documenting, but for the benefit of those not reading the danielbeck feed, I do have a handful of photos from the event which I've posted here.