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RenFest First day
May. 7th, 2005 07:09 pmWell, opening day was very crowded! We should have realized the combination of fantastic weather and opening day would mean large crowds. But the RenFest is being held in a large, woodsy area, so it didn't seem elbow to elbow.
The first thing we saw was the washer women. That was funny. Then we saw the queen! She was gracious enough to pose for a picture with my hubby--note his new and improved costume.
After that we browsed through the shops. Hubby bought a frog for his swordbelt--the jury-rigged one he had just wasn't working out. I intend to have my hair braided one of the weekends. Our next stop was the human chess match which was really awesome. Neither of us had ever seen one and it was loads of fun.
I have to confess, I thought a bit about the chess sets in HP...
After the chess match came the jousting. There were four knights and they were really good. During the lance portion of the joust a couple of the guys took really hard hits! I thought the lances were supposed to break away--but these didn't. We didn't get a pic of the lances, but here's one of the close fighting.
The last thing we saw today was the bird of prey show. Those birds were awesome! They had owls, falcons hawks and a scarlet macaw. After the presentation, we went over and had our pic taken with a year-old eagle owl! Again, I was thinking of HP--since Lucius Malfoy has an eagle owl!
That is not the headpiece I made. The one I made was bugging me, and it was stretching out so I bought the cheap one you see on my head. I have to find some sturdy stainless steel or copper or something else to make the headpiece from.
We left right after that because we were both getting sunburnt and cranky. We have season passes, so we intend to go as much as possible.
Tomorrow we are going to his folks' house to spend Mother's Day with his mom.
The first thing we saw was the washer women. That was funny. Then we saw the queen! She was gracious enough to pose for a picture with my hubby--note his new and improved costume.
After that we browsed through the shops. Hubby bought a frog for his swordbelt--the jury-rigged one he had just wasn't working out. I intend to have my hair braided one of the weekends. Our next stop was the human chess match which was really awesome. Neither of us had ever seen one and it was loads of fun.
I have to confess, I thought a bit about the chess sets in HP...
After the chess match came the jousting. There were four knights and they were really good. During the lance portion of the joust a couple of the guys took really hard hits! I thought the lances were supposed to break away--but these didn't. We didn't get a pic of the lances, but here's one of the close fighting.
The last thing we saw today was the bird of prey show. Those birds were awesome! They had owls, falcons hawks and a scarlet macaw. After the presentation, we went over and had our pic taken with a year-old eagle owl! Again, I was thinking of HP--since Lucius Malfoy has an eagle owl!
That is not the headpiece I made. The one I made was bugging me, and it was stretching out so I bought the cheap one you see on my head. I have to find some sturdy stainless steel or copper or something else to make the headpiece from.
We left right after that because we were both getting sunburnt and cranky. We have season passes, so we intend to go as much as possible.
Tomorrow we are going to his folks' house to spend Mother's Day with his mom.
