Conflikt And Bust!
I probably can't really afford it long term, but short term it's my favorite excuse to take the Coast Starlight north in the winter. If it's snowing along the daylight part of the route it's a beautiful ride. But it doesn't get into Seattle till 9 pm (if it's on time) so that means if I want to be at any of the Friday events, I need to leave here Wednesday.
Conflikt only had rooms fri-sun, so I booked one, but my Hilton Honors membership got me a single queen room for Thursday at a mere $9 more. I'll call ahead and see if they can keep me in the Thursday room for the whole weekend (there were no single queen rooms left on the con block).