I'll try to be early like you but don't count on it. I may shoot for 10:00. It is about a 40 minute drive for me. Then again, I am well aware that the early bird gets the worms.
This is one sale I really look forward to... so many plants that can't be found in our local nurseries.
I've been out digging this area and turning the soil over and over, breaking up the clumps. I keep coming across this black plastic "mulch" that we put down more than 35 years ago when we planted the shrub. In the end that stuff doesn't do much to keep weeds out over time.