My registration form is in today's outgoing mail. It will be my first Getaway -- in fact, pretty much my first experience of anything vaguely like this. I'm excited and also a bit terrified...

...because I'm shy, you see, which could mean I'll spend the entire weekend hiding behind trees or under chairs (or behind a book). And I'm coming alone, and I don't know a soul. And I'm not bringing an instrument save my voice, so nothing to hide behind there.

Oh, and I've never been in that part of the world before (California native).

But I'm coming despite all that...so, any tips?