Tuesday, August 4, 2009

From the Rear Echelon: WA Ren Faire

Saturday I led of party of three who braved the heat to visit the WA Ren Faire in its new location. The Faire didn't happen at all last year due to permit issues, which made braving 90 degree weather with no cloud cover seem reasonable... at the time.

The new site, sadly, has no shade aside from the booths themselves and some extremely rare trees. The old site had a number of fully shaded areas from tree cover alone. The weather on saturday included only a fitful and slight breeze - just enough to taunt us.

However, I think the trip was worth it. The gypsy equestrian show is always worth the time - there is just something about someone standing on the back of a trotting horse doing a backflip onto another trotting horse behind them. :-) In addition I acquired a new pair of fencing gloves and a larger hit, both of which I'd been rather in need of.

The heat did get to us, however, and after just a few hours we departed. If the weather is better I may make another trip on one of the coming weekends.

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