Well. I finally had one of those events that was really *too* eventful and is best enjoyed in hindsight and in those "no shit there I was" campfire stories. What a week. Let me see if I can sum up. My father in law from Scotland visited to attend the event with us. Between the four of us, two tents, various gear, etc. it took two vehicles to transport everything. While I had a screaming 1.5 year old demanding Baby Beluga on loop for the entire 4 hour drive, my other half had an oil slick skid into the back of someone else's vehicle. He continued driving for another hour before limping into site with an overheating engine because the initial impact had cracked his radiator and eventually his engine block cracked too. I was trying my best to enjoy the five day long event filled with archery, A&S displays, socializing, thrown weapons, etc. but in the back of my mind I knew dealing with the vehicle would have to happen. My daughter was high maintenance and I spent much of the event dealing with her, but did get to shoot some arrows and participate in a ladies' thrown weapons tourney. I also did the calligraphy on a scroll for my father in law, the premier of a new order the Alces Amici (friend of the moose, our baronial animal). Aonghus did the illumination. His dad was so pleased. Somewhere in there Aonghus managed to slice his thumb open on a knife he was sharpening and then dropped, and had to head to town to get stitches. The Sunday we had to pack out by was father's day, and the best we could do was pack our gear into Aonghus's car and get it towed to a garage in town while we all drove back to town to go to work in my car with the necessities. It turned out his vehicle was toast, so a new engine later and another trip out to retrieve it... it wound up being a rather expensive event. Below are a photo of the scroll and a rather odd action shot of me walking Andy out of court after receiving it.
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