Pennsic: Some Good Things

Despite my wet and bedraggled grumbling, there were some very cool things at Pennsic this year. Here are a few.

Watching a glass-blower making a bottle.

The Casa Bardicci mead-tasting. (I don't like mead generally, only particular kinds, but my boyfriend was a judge, so I hung out ... and got to sample the ones he knew I'd like ... mmmm).

The "How To Put On A Great Kilt" class hosted by my campmate, whose name I am embarrassingly unable to spell, so won't butcher trying. (He's the one in the middle). Really interesting! (and not just because they all three completed the entire process in nothing but their shirt, till the kilt was on ... and no, they don't wear anything under it if they're being authentic).

One morning there was just a kick-back, tie-one-on day. I woke up to this scene (this picture doesn't include the several other people lounging around in chairs or on the ground in this little corner of debauchery in our shade fly). Well ... some days, you'll just have that.

My favorite pirate Captain.

The Captain and Berg going up to shoot archery.

That's all the pictures I really have so far. Maybe I'll get some more in this last night of War. It's the end-of-War "Eat It / Drink It / Burn It" meat-on-a-stick, Tequila tasting party. Yeah - ought to be photo-worthy.

The weather forecast claims that it's suppose to clear up by about 2:00 p.m. today, and then no more rain tonight or tomorrow. That would be awesome. I discovered last night that the one storm that blew through yesterday afternoon spawned a tornado warning in a county just south of us, and although there was no official tornado touchdown, people reported seeing a funnel cloud, and there was a lot of wind damage in some areas. At least we avoided that ... rain in a camp is one bad thing, but high winds are a whole 'nother story.

But ... for now, I have to do something to start feeling better before I can contemplate heading out there again. I was so sore and stiff when I first woke up I could barely walk. Then I discovered we had nothing but decaf coffee in the house. And I still have to unload that truck. Hopefully I'll perk up and work the kinks out here pretty soon.