It was a trip! We had a unseasonably hot couple of days and it was another hot one. We got there early and we were told to go park down the road in the dirt parking lot. I found a better spot right across the street from the gate. We walked across the busy Boulevard without getting killed and walked another 200 meters to the gate. At the gate there was a staff member directing vendor cars through while people tried to walk by and get in line. We made it to the line without getting killed. Okay, it was 1030am and we were the 5th people in line! We were standing next to a fence and it provided ample shade to keep us cool while we waited in line for an hour and a half, or so we thought.