A Day at the Faire

As I mentioned yesterday, today was the day we went to the Great Lakes Medieval Faire. Ah, the Medieval Age, that halcyon time of plastic elf ears, leather corsets, lots of cleavage and put-on accents. Truly, we hath a lovely time. Here are some highlights of our day.

We let our children have weapons. What were we thinking? They aim at the target, with their uncle doing the same.

We got to see some battles on horseback, hand-to-hand as well as jousting.


What's a fair without rides? For a medieval faire, it's only appropriate to have people-powered rides. Here's one I rode with my daughters called the Crow's Nest. A cheerful pirate pushed our seating compartment around just enough so the ropes twisted around the center pole. After a couple times of back and forth to really get the ropes twisted well, we got some good centripetal force going and got a little bit diiiizzzzzy.

Here's a medieval carousel, with a turnstile in the center for somebody to turn, to propel the carousel. I've been on that style of ride before too, actually pretty fun.

Another activity offered for the children was pony rides. The Scientist is finding out all about her pony, while Wildchild smiles graciously at her subjects. Note her lovely tiara. I didn't get a good shot of the Scientist's new necklace/tiara, but she's wearing it as a necklace in her picture.



If you wanted to get around the fairgrounds, you could grab a medieval taxicab ride.

The theme for this weekend was A Celtic Celebration. We missed the Highland Games in the morning, but there was lots of good Celtic music all day, and a lot of kilts to be seen.

Isn't this a big Irish Wolfhound?

I bought two things for myself, a cast stone shelf to hang on the wall, and a wall hanging with a cathedral feel. I can't wait to get them hung up.


It was a super day, spent with family.