Day Zero did now go as planned… I intended to get over to the Venetian to do some shots of the lobby and environs with the very wide angle lens (rectalinear 10-22mm), but got trapped here at the St. Tropez… which I *did* get a chance to photograph:

CES 2007 Day ZERO – the pre-game show

Now it is off the the main convention center and the Venetian.

The plan is to do three posts per day: Breakfast, Lunchtime, and Dinner … and maybe another time if we can fit it in.

See how this goes…

Yes, we KNOW the CES high-end audio show is not at the Alexis Park this year 🙂

But we are:

I think this is the old Nagra / Wilson Audio room, but I would have to look at last year’s program guide to be sure 🙂

It took us an extra hour and a half to get here, 12.5 hours, because of blowing snow on I70 beforfe the Eisenhour tunnel (people just gawking at it, slowing us down to 10-15 mph for almost an hour?) and severe blowing snow in the middle of Utah.

Neli did most of the driving [its her car], and she either putts along if there is the *possibility* of ice on the road, or goes so fast one would be hard pressed to even see the speed limits signs. But I exaggerate. ;-} But I of little sleep [didn’t get out of Boulder until 1pm due to the previous day being spent on snow removal efforts by us human snow blowers] can be excused my marriage endangering comments on the blog… right? I guess we’ll find out soon enough….

OK, now to try and unload [as in walking back and forth 100 times – realistically more like 20, but it FEELS like 100 – carrying potentially heavy, always expensive and often awkardly-sized gear from the car to the room and back] this chock full A6 Allroad (aka wagon) into the two Audio Note rooms next door at the St. Tropez, where the THE SHOW show is being held.