🚀 go-pugleaf

Speaking of Shawan Road being a tough road to cross, to get from the
alternate hotels (Embassy Suites, Courtyard Marriott) to the main
convention hotel (Hunt Valley Inn):

Fans have been *killed* at Balticons trying to cross that road.  Well,
I've seen ambulances there at least two years, but there's only one I'm
sure died.

Take extreme care.  Maybe drive.  You're safer in traffic with a ton or
more of metal armor, or the evasive capabilities of a motorcycle.  It's
a bit of a trek to the crosswalk, so there is a temptation to live
dangerously -- and on that road I wouldn't want to trust the traffic
light to stop the cars, anyway.  They move pretty fast.  You can park
near the hotel in a large but disused parking lot that belongs to an
office building (and thus it not much used on the weekends).

Balticon is a great con.  But not worth dying for, especially just to
save about $20 a nite on a hotel room.  Get lots of roommates and stay
at the Hunt Valley Inn.  Make your reservations early; they fill up.

						-- Spencer