We got ready, saw a tattery butterfly (do you think it tore its wings up on the thistles?), then had breakfast and went driving around places we don't normally go. I started seeing things that seemed to be a precursor to the rest of our day.
While we were driving around and taking pictures, we saw a billboard which may very well be the most effective piece of advertising I've ever seen. We immediately jumped on the highway and began our spontaneous quest to reach a destination over an hour away. Nicole's exhaust system promptly broke in half, turning her car to the decibel level of a motorcycle gang, but we were determined to keep going. After a painfully loud jaunt down the highway, we finally arrived and purchased our tickets to the very last day of the Great Lakes Medieval Faire. As two nerds that religiously watch Merlin on the SyFy channel, this was an incredibly exciting event. We saw a drunk fairy taking a nap with a unicorn, a guy with pointy ears, this guy, a small girl with a huge hammer, a dude with armor, a snake charming lady, my favorite wizard, and a small girl with a tail being walked on a leash by her gothic owner. Nicole shopped for crowns and I wished there was such a thing as a vegetarian enormous grilled turkey leg. Then we watched knights joust, and a burly man pull a girl's hair while kicking her boyfriend in the chest then kill Robin Hood. It was a pretty much all you could ask for from a day at a Medieval Faire.
P.s. All of these photos were shot with my grandfather's fourty year old Leica M4.
Awesome. Come to the faire here!
ReplyDeleteSimply awesome. I've always wanted to go to one of those deals (yes, I admit it... I'd love to go to a dinner/joust at "Medieval Times" if they still have them). It's been my dream to stroll the grounds, chomping a turkey leg the size of my head, swigging heartily from my flagon of mead and seeing knights and wenches all about.
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