North Coast Gathering II

Over the weekend I attended the second North Coast Gathering for vloggers hosted by Zen Archer of Stickams Zen Live show fame. It is one of the most popular shows on Stickam and demonstrates the potential for average people to broadcast online. Zen Archer does a talk show and relies on his natural gift for telling anecdotes to build an audience.

The meeting place was at The Chalet in Mill Stream Run Reservation, located on Valley Parkway between Routes 42 and 82 in Strongsville OH.

The big draw at The Chalet is the two 1,000-foot refrigerated ice chutes for tobogganing. You have to drag your toboggan up a series of wooden steps before riding down the hill. Up to four people can ride on a toboggan. You have to put the legs of the person behind you under your arms and hold onto some rope straps with your hands (which must be gloved). It was a curious way to cram people on a toboggan. I was afraid my hands were going to rub against the sides of the chute. I only went down the toboggan chutes once. It was rather thrilling.

At Noon Tara916 and Pamela showed up followed by a few other vloggers and then Zen Archer. Zen passed out mittens, baseball caps, ski hats, and camera tripods as little gifts. We passed around baseball hats to autograph. Then we all went outside to go tobogganing. There was Christmas music playing over loudspeakers and a light snow began so it was a perfect winter scene, one of the few occasions where I did anything special to enjoy the winter.

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Travel & Events

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• North Coast
• tobogganing
• Chalet
• Ohio
• Zen Archer
• Strongsville