- Don Juan and I arrived on site about 4pm on Friday. Orion had already scoped out our area. We were given a very large area to set up, conveniently located near to the drive-on drive way and the front gate.
- The site was very pretty, lots of green grass and trees. In fact, while we were setting up we were in almost complete shade. The park is *huge*, with the renaissance faire only allocated perhaps 10% of the park. The faire was backed up to the tennis courts, in fact that's where actors camp was...on the tennis courts.
- There were lots of vendors and other guilds present. Several food vendors, so you didn't miss out on lack of choices.
- The weather was nice, but hot. Saturday was probably 92-95 degrees with full sun on our encampment until about 2pm or so, then we were in very nice shade. Both kids (Merrick & Gavin) succumbed to the heat and took naps during the day (we had lots of shady back stage area for them to do so, which was really nice) on Saturday. Sunday was cooler, as it was overcast, probably 89-92 degrees.
- There were several wasps, or yellow jackets, or whatever you want to call them that would buzz the encampment…most particularly Don Juan (they really liked him), but in general the bug population wasn’t too bad.
Gavin found a friend next door (Guilde of English Folke) whom he got into a sword fight with. It got a little out of hand, but things turned out in the end. And by the end of the day they were talking again.
We gave out very few prizes over the course of the weekend, there just weren’t enough patrons. Even with the short ‘staff’, I think everyone had the opportunity to shop. Due to the low attendance, there were deals to be made.
We were torn down and on the road by 7pm as per usual. And fortunately everyone made it home safe and sound.
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