War Practice

I finally got to camp at War Practice again. This has been the first time in 4 or 5 years, because the weather is traditionally hideous at this event - cold, frost, sometimes even a hint of snow late at night. This year only hit about half the traditional bad - there was some pretty incessant rain Friday night and Saturday afternoon, which resulted in the flooding of our tent, and two of the only three outfits I took with me getting soaked. The worst mistake I made (and I should have known better) was only taking one pair of shoes, which meant when my boots got soaked Saturday afternoon, that was all I had to wear the rest of the weekend. Ugh.

But, it wasn't cold, so that made all the difference. I got a little chilled Saturday night because my feet were wet, but I hung out by a blazing fire and warmed them back up, and all was well.

Saturday Beorn held an open blacksmithing class in camp. Here's a couple pictures, the first of Beorn, the second of Robin, doing some smithing. Smithying? Whatever.





I also hung out up at the battlefield for a little while (which is where I got caught in the downpour), but got these pictures before I slogged my way back to camp. (Robin armoring up, and a group shot) Unfortunately I didn't get to stay for the battles proper, as I was tired of being drenched.




But all in all it was a great success - I had fun, it was relaxing, the weather wasn't totally horrid, I got to hang out with friends I only get to see a couple times a year ... we played some good music Friday night, as well. Now I'm jazzed, looking forward to the next one - hopefully Northern Oaken, where this time I'm planning to attempt taking Tyler to his second event.