Flame, just so you know, there is a twice annual event that takes place at the Dunes Resort in Saugatuck, Michigan. Its on the west side of the state. It is not nearly as large as SCC (nothing is) and probably has only about 40 girls, but The Dunes is a super safe and friendly place. I would imagine you and Kari could make it across the lake couldnt you?
Oh, about the poll...you will certainly get a high percentage not going. But think about this...700 - 800 girls do go. Out of how many? Impossible to tell. But I can tell you this. Based only on my own experience, the number of TG is staggeringly large.
I am now operating on three websites and quickly making friends with girls all over the world. The number with whom I am now personally familiar seems huge to me, but is totally dwarfed by the huge number participating on just those sites, let alone the vast number who only lurk. And the lurkers outnumber participants by far. And that ignores all those who are not even on websites of whom there are many.
We are everywhere girls. Everywhere. And in growing numbers.
Certainly many are closeted, and some very deeply. My heart breaks thinking of them as I am well familiar with that pain. But I cannot help but be hopeful when I see the changes that have occured just in my lifetime. Think what would happen if only half, no, only a quarter of all the existing TG, CD, TS all came forward and public at once. The world would be changed forever.