We started off the day by going to the Stranger Things panel. Outside of the panel were different Stranger Things themed vendors mostly. There was a little boy who was trying to sell his mom's book, and themed slimes. He was actually a pretty convincing salesman for how young he was, telling me to feel or smell the different slimes. I did not end up buying any of them. Another vendor had Stranger Things ornaments. I ended up getting a Stranger Things themed charm bracelet from one of the vendors. It had a lot of different charms related to the show such as a Christmas light, headphones, camera, bicycle, Hawkins police badge, etc. This Stranger Things panel had Carol from Season 1, Chrissy and Jason from Season 4, 2 other bully characters, and one of the Russian actors. They answered audience questions about their audition process for the show, etc.
We went to Lulu's for the 3rd day in a row and this time I got the Mike themed coffee with a cinnamon roll. There was no long line today, and we were able to catch up with Caroline for a little bit before going to Hopper's cabin. Caroline ended up signing up for the same tour so we could spend a little more time together before she left town. The Hopper's cabin tour wasn't much of a tour actually. The cabin was located at a pumpkin farm, the same pumpkin farm used for the pumpkin patch scene in Season 2. (The one with the diseased pumpkins.) The tour guide lead you up a path into the woods where the cabin and a shed was located. They said Netflix had contacted them about their farm and had built the cabin brand new, but roughed it up to make it look new. They then basically told us we could go take pictures, and when you were done looking and taking pictures then that was basically it for the tour. It would have been nice if they gave us more information about the different scenes, but maybe they didn't have that information. Still it was super cool looking around the cabin. There was a picture board in El's room with pictures of Mike, her and Max, Lucas, and even a picture of Steve. On El's bed there was a diary with different entries. I didn't go all the way through it but there was an entry about not wanting to keep the door open 3 inches, and how Mike was a liar. In the living room they had Hopper's chair and the sensory deprivation tank that was used in Season 5. They had the table where Hopper and El ate eggo extravaganza's on Halloween in Season 2, and even had a box of Eggos in the fridge. (Hopper's cabin is used for tours but it is also used as an Escape room part of the day as well.) El's room also had an alphabet wall with Christmas lights which is not accurate to the show.
After the tour we drove to the other side of the pumpkin farm in order to see the Merril's farm sign. The pumpkin farm was actually really beautiful and had different fall themed backdrops throughout. Kellie and took a picture on a swing with a fall backdtop. A lady that worked there seemed confused when we said we were looking for the sign, but we did end up finding it. Instead of there being pumpkins there, there was a patch of wild flowers instead. We said bye to Caroline afterwards, and then went to Tiffany's for an early dinner. On the way to Tiffany's we stopped at the filming location for Palace Arcade (Season 2) and Blockbuster (Season 4). Both buildings are abandoned now and boarded up with graffiti. It was fun to see the different quotes other fans had written on the boards. The building used for the arcade still had colorful tiling in the building. Tiffany's is the filming location of Benny's Burgers from Season 1. (The restaurant El goes to after escaping the lab.) We ate at the table next to that one, but did recreate the scene during our visit. A British couple who had also done the Hopper's cabin tour did too. It turns out they were on a film tour for the last few months. The table has a reserved sign on it specifically for pictures. The restaurant was actually "Breakfast at Tiffany's" themed and had pictures of Aubrey Hepburn up on the wall. Kellie and I both ordered burgers and curly fries. The restaurant had other food besides burgers but we wanted to be on theme. (People we had done the walking tour with in Jackson also appeared) It started raining after we finished dinner around 4pm. The forecast was pretty adamant that it was going to rain all day that day, but luckily for us it didn't. We decided to make the drive to Henry Creel's house from Season 4 and 5. not knowing when we'd get to chance to again since it was further out of the way then most of the other locations.
On the way we passed a gas station with the name Quick Trip, which hurt my feelings as a Wisconsinite. The South also seems to have narrower freeways with fewer lanes, and a lot less construction. I don't think we came across any construction on our drives, and we drove so much. (Well Kellie did :P). There was a short burst of heavy rain, otherwise it mainly sprinkled. I stepped in clay textured mud once we made it to the Creel house. The Creel house was super cool to see in person, and is apparently currently for sale. We found out that the asylum from Season 4 was a 15 minute drive away from the Creel house and headed over there. The Elmhurst Asylum filming location is actually located at Berry College. There was 20+ deer roaming around the campus when we got there. The campus staff let us in to take pictures, before we had to make the 2 hour drive back to the hotel. (Robin and Nancy go to Elmhurst Asylum in Season 4 to visit Victor Creel, in order to try to solve the case of what was causing the murders in Hawkins.) On our drive home we listened to the Pretty.Odd album (Panic! At the Disco), and Live in Denver. (A Panic! At the Disco live album (the best live album). We sang along to Live in Denver even matching the different inflections and comments that Brendon and Ryan made throughout. I'm kind of shocked at how well I have it memorized after not listening to the full album in awhile. I must have listened to the recordings way too much to remember all of that, but so did Kellie, but we met through being Ryan Ross fans originally. :P) (Kellie was wearing Season Will Byers film accurate clothing that day).
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