I feel your pain too Bill. I wasn't a collector until January of this year. And it just kills me that everyone will be in Baltimore. I grew up only minutes away and it would be nice to be able to go back home for a few days.
I did manage to sneek in a one day trip yesterday to see some of the lights on the Chesapeake Bay with a few other collectors. But that will fall very short of being there the rest of the week.

shirin