Fellow newbies and hobbyists. After months of planning and a couple of false starts, I finally went through with my first encounter. I spent an  unbelievable, almost surreal hour with a wonderful  provider last weekend.
It was a great experience. I'm glad I got into it and now I can look forward to my next encounter with a lot of confidence.
This site has been an outstanding source of info that allowed me to go though with it.
The VIP membership is well worth it.

Thanks TER and all you seasoned hobbyists out there.

Congratulations.  We all had a "first time" once.